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Welcome House - Nickleby Lodge, Rochester — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

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Welcome House - Nickleby Lodge

Residential homes · 10 beds · 32 The Close, Rochester ME1 1SD

✓ Verified record · data of 13 June 2026Unclaimed · auto generated from official sources

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Is Welcome House - Nickleby Lodge any good?

On the evidence, Welcome House - Nickleby Lodge has a record with one watch point. It was rated Requires improvement at its latest inspection (4 Feb 2026). The watch point: safe is rated inadequate at the current inspection. Worth asking about on a visit.

CQC inspection · 4 Feb 2026CQC register · manager history

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Safe is rated Inadequate at the current inspection.

Safe is one of the two most heavily weighted key questions in the Homesplace Grade. Rated at the inspection published 4 February 2026.

The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 4 Feb 2026

Requires improvementoverall

Safe: ● Inadequate
Effective: ● Requires improvement
Caring: ● Requires improvement
Responsive: ● Requires improvement
Well led: ● Requires improvement

Rating trajectory

all inspections on record

Rated Requires improvement at every inspection on record.

Requires improvement

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Feb 2026

Leadership stability

No manager changes in five years. Stable leadership supports quality, which is why we track it.

S. McKay · current registered manager
since Jan 2011 · 15 yrs 4 mo

Enforcement and breaches

✓No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 13 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

10 beds
Residential homes
Mental health conditions

CQC register · 13 June 2026

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