Baytrees Nursing Home

Baytrees, 1 Highfield Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 1PX

01903693833

Care Type

Nursing Care

Inspection date

17 May 2022

Provider

Baytrees Homes Limited

Beds

30 beds

About Baytrees Nursing Home

Baytrees Nursing Home is a welcoming nursing home in West Sussex, offering a calm and caring environment for those who need dedicated support. Families looking for the right place for a loved one will find a home that takes its responsibility to residents seriously, with a team committed to providing attentive, personalised care. West Sussex provides a pleasant setting, and Baytrees aims to make the home feel like a true home for everyone who lives there.

Baytrees Nursing Home provides personal and nursing care to up to 30 people with varying health needs including Parkinson's disease, stroke and frailty. At inspection, 27 people were using the service in one adapted building. The home maintains high cleanliness standards and residents feel safe.

One resident praised the cleaning routine, saying staff respect people's rest while keeping the house well-maintained. Staff are trained to recognise signs of abuse and protect people from harm, with sufficient trained staff available to meet care needs and safe recruitment processes in place.

However, significant medicines management issues were identified. Some medicines had not been disposed of properly, with prescription labels removed and medicines retained in stock. Other medicines had been removed from their packaging, making it unclear who they were prescribed for, putting people at risk of receiving incorrect medicines.

The home's monitoring systems had not identified these issues.

Source: CQC inspection report, 29 June 2022

Specialist Care

Older peoplePhysical disabilitiesYounger adults

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 20 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service with nursing
Registered capacity: 30 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · BN13 1PX

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Physical disabilities.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Requires improvement.

Rating report published 29 June 2022. Latest inspection date recorded: 17 May 2022.

Safe: Requires improvement
EffectivePublished 2 May 2019: Good
CaringPublished 2 May 2019: Good
ResponsivePublished 2 May 2019: Good
Well-led: Requires improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
Well-led: What has changed in management, checks and oversight since this rating?

These are questions for your visit, not a claim about conditions today.

Read Baytrees Nursing Home's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Baytrees Nursing Home, consider asking...

1.How many qualified nurses are on duty overnight and at weekends?
2.How do you manage a resident's relationship with their GP and hospital team?
3.What is your approach when a resident's condition deteriorates quickly?
4.What additional charges apply beyond the weekly fee?
5.How do you approach end of life care and involve families in those decisions?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Baytrees Nursing Home, look out for...

1.Is the nursing station visible and staffed, or hard to find?
2.Do staff respond promptly when a resident needs attention?
3.Are call bells answered quickly or left ringing?
4.Does the home feel calm or rushed and understaffed?
5.Are residents' medical records and care plans visible and up to date?

Could the NHS fund Baytrees Nursing Home's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees