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Frindsbury Hall Care Home
Nursing Care
29 April 2026
Akari Care Limited
74 beds
About Frindsbury Hall Care Home
Frindsbury Hall Care Home is a nursing home in Medway, providing care for older people, including those living with dementia. Further details on the CQC's most recent findings are set out below.
Frindsbury Hall Care Home in Medway provides residential and nursing care for older people, including those living with dementia, for up to 51 people across three floors. The CQC rated the home Requires Improvement overall, identifying breaches relating to safe care and treatment and to good governance. Care plans did not always align with risk assessments or give staff enough detail, records were inconsistent, and audits had not reliably identified or fixed these gaps, though inspectors found no evidence of harm.
People and relatives spoke positively about their care, describing staff as kind, patient and attentive, and said they felt safe. The CQC found the home clean and well maintained, with response times sometimes slower during busy periods. Overall, kind and responsive care was not always matched by robust systems behind the scenes.
Source: CQC assessment, 24 June 2026
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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
- 74 places — this is not a vacancy count
- Registration checked
- Registered · ME2 4JS
Registered care categories
Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Mental health conditions; Physical disabilities; Sensory impairment.
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: .
Assessment published 24 June 2026. Assessment date recorded: 29 April 2026.
Read CQC's assessment overview
The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 24 June 2026. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.
Date of assessment: 13 to 22 May 2026. Frindsbury Hall Care Home provides residential and nursing care for older people, including those living with dementia.We visited the service on 13 and 15 May 2026. At the time of inspection, there were 51 people living at the service, and accommodation was arranged over three floors.People told us they received good care. However, there were inconsistencies in how people’s care was assessed, planned and monitored. Risks had been identified, but care plans were not always clearly aligned with assessments and often lacked detailed guidance for staff. Information was not always consistently recorded or accessible, which meant systems did not always support safe and effective care delivery.Monitoring and governance systems were in place but were not always effective in identifying and addressing these concerns. Issues identified through audits, particularly in relation to care planning and records, had not been consistently embedded or sustained in practice.Medicines were generally managed safely; however, documentation relating to ‘when required’ medicines was not always sufficiently detailed to support consistent practice.We did not find evidence of people experiencing harm as a result of these issues. However, the lack of robust systems increased the risk of inconsistent and unsafe care.The service was clean and well maintained. People told us they felt safe and supported, and staff worked together to provide responsive care.
We identified two breaches of legal regulations relating to safe care and treatment and good governance. We have requested an action plan in response to these concerns.
- Safe
- Effective
- Caring
- Responsive
- Well-led
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.
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 Frindsbury Hall 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 Frindsbury Hall 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 Frindsbury Hall 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.
Location
Frindsbury Hill, Strood, Rochester, Kent, ME2 4JS

Frindsbury Hall Care Home
CQC overall rating
Assessment date: 29 April 2026
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