Beechcroft Care Home

327-329 Brownhill Road, Catford, London, SE6 1AL

02084612437

Care Type

Nursing Care

Assessment date

2 April 2025

Provider

Rajanikanth Selvanandan

Beds

32 beds

About Beechcroft Care Home

Beechcroft Care Home is a nursing home in Lewisham, providing nursing care for adults. Details of the most recent CQC findings are set out below.

Beechcroft Care Home is a nursing home providing accommodation and personal or nursing care for up to 30 people, with 27 living there at the time of assessment. The CQC rated the service good overall, finding a safe, clean environment with enough staff and effective safeguarding and complaints systems. Some audits were not robust enough to spot gaps in risk plans, medicines management and call bell response records, though the manager acted promptly to address most issues.

Inspectors found people's needs were assessed with their involvement, and staff worked well with outside professionals. People and relatives praised staff as kind, respectful and patient, describing care as personalised, with good food, activities and support to stay independent. Staff felt well supported and had opportunities to develop.

Source: CQC assessment, 5 August 2025

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder 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: 32 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · SE6 1AL

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; 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: Good.

Assessment published 5 August 2025. Assessment date recorded: 2 April 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 5 August 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Beechcroft Care Home is a nursing home. People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing or personal care as a single package under one contractual agreement. CQC regulates both the premises, and the care provided, and both were looked at during this assessment. The service can accommodate up to 30 people. At the time of our assessment, 27 people were living at the service.
Date of assessment: 23, 24, 25, and 30 April 2025. Visits to the service were unannounced.
The last rating for this service was good (published 2 April 2020).
The provider had a range of audits and checks designed to monitor and improve quality at the service. However, some of these were not robust enough to identify the issues we found during this inspection in relation to risk mitigation plans, medicines management, and call bells response time records. In response to our feedback, the registered manager had started making improvements and sent us evidence to show that they had addressed most of these issues. The registered manager and staff demonstrated a willingness to working in partnership with relevant agencies to provide good quality care to people.
There were enough staff to keep people safe and meet their needs. People lived in a safe, clean and well-maintained environment. The provider had systems for investigating and responding to accidents, incidents, complaints and safeguarding concerns.
The provider assessed people’s needs, choices and preferences. People were involved in the development of their care plans and took part in reviews as and when required. The registered manager and staff worked with external healthcare professionals to make sure people’s needs were monitored and met. People were able to make choices and consented to their care.
Staff were kind, caring, respectful and people felt well supported. People took part in a range of social activities and were encouraged to be independent.
Staff were happy working at the service. They felt supported by the registered manager and had opportunities to learn and develop in their role.

Safe: Good
Effective: Good
Caring: Good
Responsive: Good
Well-led: Good

Read Beechcroft Care 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 Beechcroft Care Home, consider asking...

1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Beechcroft Care Home, look out for...

1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Beechcroft Care 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