St Bridget's - Care Home Physical Disabilities

History with CQC

CQC registration dates from January 2011, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.

CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2015–2025), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Requires Improvement.

Reports on record: 6, with the most recent dated 3 July 2019.

Reading St Bridget's - Care Home Physical Disabilities's CQC ratings

Looking at the five areas: Safe, Effective, Responsive and Well-led are rated below Good; 1 other area is Good.

Across West Sussex, 49 of 317 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (15%), while 25 of 317 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Effective (8%), while 18 of 317 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Responsive (6%), while 70 of 317 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (22%).

If you are considering it, read the Safe, Effective, Responsive and Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.

How it fits locally

Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 17 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Kensington Lodge, under 0.5 miles away.

It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (5 of the nearest 25).

8 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Rustington West ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (9 min), a pharmacy (7 min), a shop (3 min), a park (7 min), a café (5 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

Budgeting for this home

We estimate St Bridget's - Care Home Physical Disabilities at £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £73k–£89k.

Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.

People with savings under £23,250 may get help from West Sussex Council after a needs and financial assessment.

The registered provider

St Bridget's - Care Home Physical Disabilities is run by Leonard Cheshire Disability (company 00552847), incorporated in 1955, 55 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 10 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is other human health activities, nursing care, care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse and residential care for older and disabled people.

Leonard Cheshire Disability runs 41 CQC-registered services across 28 council areas; 25 of the 39 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (64%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.

2 of its services are in West Sussex.

It trades under the Leonard Cheshire Disability brand, which covers 41 services run by 1 registered provider.