St. Margarets Residential Home

5 Priestlands Park Road, Sidcup, Kent, DA15 7HR

02083002745

Care Type

Residential Care

Inspection date

17 November 2023

Provider

Yara Enterprises Limited

Beds

22 beds

About St. Margarets Residential Home

St. Margarets Residential Home is a residential care home in Bexley providing care for older people. Details of its most recent CQC inspection are set out below.

This residential home accommodates up to 22 older people in a single adapted building, with 21 residents at inspection. The service has quality assurance systems covering care plans, medicines management, safeguarding authorisations, incident reporting, staff records, and health and safety. Regular meetings are held with staff, relatives, and residents to gather feedback about the service.

The home works with health and social care professionals to plan and meet people's needs.

People and their relatives reported feeling safe, and staff had received safeguarding training to recognise and report abuse. However, some aspects of the quality assurance processes were not effective in mitigating risks promptly enough. Staff spoke positively about the manager and registered manager, creating a supportive work environment where the provider could implement systems to understand and address quality and safety concerns.

Source: CQC inspection report, 30 December 2023

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder people

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 21 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service without nursing
Registered capacity: 22 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · DA15 7HR

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Dementia.

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.

Rating report published 30 December 2023. Latest inspection date recorded: 17 November 2023.

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

Questions prompted by these ratings

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 St. Margarets Residential 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 St. Margarets Residential 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 St. Margarets Residential 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 St. Margarets Residential 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