Ashford Lodge
- Care home
- 9 beds
- No nursing
- Registered since 2020
- Kent, South East
Good
Rated on
Rating from the Care Quality Commission.
At a glance
6 ratings
First rated Good in 2016, most recently Good in June 2024.
2 years
since the latest rating was published.
332 of 445
rated care homes in Kent are rated Good, like this one.
Ashford Lodge: inspection record
Rated Good in June 2024.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
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- G The Old Rectory Retirement Home Good, 4.5 miles away
What inspectors found
From the Care Quality Commission's assessment published 3 June 2024 (assessment visit 9 February 2024). Quoted under the Open Government Licence.
Ashford Lodge is a residential care home providing personal care to people living with learning disabilities. We completed this assessment between 14 February 2024 and 1 March 2024, we visited the service on 14 February 2024, and we spoke to relatives remotely about their experiences of the service. We assessed 9 quality statements including Safeguarding, Involving people to manage risk, Safe and effective staffing, Assessing needs, Consent to care and treatment, Independence, choice and control, Equity in experiences and outcomes and Governance. We expect health and social care providers to guarantee autistic people and people with a learning disability the choices, dignity, independence, and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ is the guidance CQC follows to make assessments and judgements about services supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people and providers must have regard to it. We identified shortfalls within the service and a breach of regulation was identified. The overall rating for the service remains Good.
- Safe Good
- Effective Good
- Caring Good
- Responsive Good
- Well-led Good
Read the rest of CQC's summary
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Safe
Good
The key question of Safe was rated Good at our last inspection and continues to be rated Good following this assessment. However, during this assessment of this key question, we found concerns around the management of medicines which resulted in a breach of regulation 12 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. We found people were receiving support following Right Support, Right Care, Right Culture guidance. There were enough staff to meet people’s needs, and they had received training to make sure they had the skills required to meet people’s needs. Potential risks to people’s health and welfare had been assessed and there was guidance in place for staff to mitigate the risk.
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Effective
Good
The key question of Effective was rated Good at our last inspection and continues to be rated Good following this assessment. We found people were receiving support following Right Support, Right Care, Right Culture guidance. People’s needs were assessed, and their support plans were reviewed if their needs changed, people were referred to specialist healthcare professionals when required. Staff understood their responsibilities to make sure people were involved as much as possible in decision making and to record their preferences.
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Caring
Good
The key question of Caring was rated Good at our last inspection and continues to be rated Good following this assessment. We found people were receiving support following Right Support, Right Care, Right Culture guidance. People were supported to be as independent as possible, staff gave people choices to plan how they spent their days.
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Responsive
Good
The key question of Responsive was rated Good at our last inspection and continues to be rated Good following this assessment. We found people were receiving support following Right Support, Right Care, Right Culture guidance. People were supported to take part in activities and be part of the community, as much as possible.
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Well-led
Good
The key question of Well Led was rated Good at our last inspection and continues to be rated Good following this assessment. We found people were receiving support following Right Support, Right Care, Right Culture guidance. There were effective systems in place to monitor the quality of the service and people’s experiences. The management team responded to relatives concerns when complaints were made.
Questions to ask when you visit
- Ask to see the most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) report and what the home did about any points in it.
- Visit at different times of day, including a mealtime.
Registration details
- Registered manager
- Nicola Mason
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Care home service without nursing
- Who it supports
- Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)2 inspection reports, latest 22 July 2023. Latest assessment published 3 June 2024; the Care Quality Commission's newer assessments are published on its website rather than as reports.
The rating is the Care Quality Commission's. We show it as published and do not change it.
Who runs it
- Provider
- Achieve Together LimitedBrand: Achieve Together
- Ownership type
- Organisation
- Companies House number
- 03153442 (opens Companies House)
Achieve Together Limited runs 160 services in England, 63 of them in the South East. 128 are rated Good or Outstanding, 25 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate and 7 have no rating yet.
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Getting help from Kent County Council
The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.
- Adult social care at Kent County Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 03000 41 61 61, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
- Contact adult social care online
- Support for carers
- Paying for care: Kent County Council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does Ashford Lodge provide nursing care?
- No. The Care Quality Commission lists Ashford Lodge as a care home without nursing.
- How many beds does Ashford Lodge have?
- The Care Quality Commission's register lists 9 beds at Ashford Lodge.
- When was Ashford Lodge last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for Ashford Lodge was published on 3 June 2024.
- Who runs Ashford Lodge?
- Ashford Lodge is run by Achieve Together Limited. It runs 160 services in England, 63 of them in the South East.
- What is Ashford Lodge's CQC rating?
- Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Good, published on 3 June 2024.
Contact
- Phone
- 01227 731437
- Address
- Bagham Cross, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8DU Map (opens Google Maps)
Compare nearby
- RI Harbledown Lodge Requires improvement, 3.8 miles away
- RI Lark View Care Home Requires improvement, 3.8 miles away
- G Brambles Care Home Good, 4.4 miles away
- G The Old Farm House Residential Home Good, 4.5 miles away
- G The Old Rectory Retirement Home Good, 4.5 miles away