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Hamilton's Residential Home

26 Island Road, Upstreet, Canterbury, CT3 4DA

Goodpublished 25 November 2025, 9 months ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Hamilton's Residential Home on 9 June 2022. We are still reading it. Check back soon, or read the report itself on cqc.org.uk.

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The story over the years

Every inspection of Hamilton's Residential Home

8 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has improved, from Inadequate to Requires improvement.

June 2022Requires improvementcurrent ratingdown from Good
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
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March 2019Goodup from Requires improvement
Safe: GoodWell-led: Good
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March 2018Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
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September 2017Requires improvementup from Inadequate
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate
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July 2017Inadequatedown from Good
Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate
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September 2016Goodup from Requires improvement
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
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August 2015Requires improvementup from Inadequate
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
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March 2015Inadequate
Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: InadequateResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate
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May 2014
Report published without a new overall rating.
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March 2014
Report published without a new overall rating.
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November 2013
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 7 November 2013.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission. A service can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections, not every contact the CQC has had with the service.

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