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Maidstone Care Centre

259 Boxley Road, Maidstone, ME14 2AR

Requires improvementpublished 3 March 2026, 5 months ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Maidstone Care Centre on 6 December 2023. 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 Maidstone Care Centre

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

  1. December 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. July 2022Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementCaring: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. October 2021Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. December 2020Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. January 2018Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  6. October 2016Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  7. June 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  8. August 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. October 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. September 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. August 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  12. January 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  13. November 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  14. June 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  15. November 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  16. May 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  17. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 31 January 2011.

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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