Requires improvementrated 3 years ago
Rating from May 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Speldhurst, TN3 0TU
Birchwood House Rest Home
Birchwood House Rest Home is a care home in Tunbridge Wells, run by Malvirt Limited. CQC rated it Good overall in September 2018 (last checked 14 April 2021). It has 38 beds. It is registered to support older people.
- Care home without nursing
Stockland Green Road, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0TU
What CQC says
Overall rating
Goodrated 8 years ago (11 September 2018)
The service is performing well and meeting expectations.
The same as the rating before it (Good, 16 December 2015).
Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)Last checked by CQC: 14 April 2021.
The five key questions
CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.
Is it safe?
Goodrated 8 years ago (11 September 2018)Is it effective?
Goodrated 8 years ago (11 September 2018)Is it caring?
Goodrated 8 years ago (11 September 2018)Is it responsive to people’s needs?
Goodrated 8 years ago (11 September 2018)Is it well-led?
Goodrated 8 years ago (11 September 2018)
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Understanding this rating
Plain facts about how CQC rates and inspects services, as CQC describes them. This is not advice and not a rating of ours.
This rating is from September 2018. That is more than 2 years ago. A service can change a lot in that time, for better or worse. CQC decides when to inspect again.
Questions you could ask
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Earlier ratings
Overall ratings this service had before, newest first. These are CQC’s own earlier ratings.
- Good16 December 2015Read the report (opens in a new tab)
About this service
- Type of care
- Care home without nursing
- Who it supports
- Older people
- Number of beds
- 38
- Nursing care
- No, personal care only
- Registered since
- 31 January 2011
- Local council area
- Kent
Who runs it
- Provider
- Malvirt Limited
- Kind of provider
- Company or organisation