Care home · Lambeth

British Home & Hospital for Incurables

Rated Requires improvement by CQC Rating published 2 March 2026 Rated in the last 12 months
A carer serving tea to residents in a care home lounge Illustrative photo, not of British Home & Hospital for Incurables
Address
Crown Lane, London, SW16 3JB
Run by
Trustees of British Home & Hospital for Incurables
Type of provider
Charity (registered charity 206222)
Service
Nursing home
Beds
127 (registered with CQC)
Nursing care
Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
Dementia
Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
Registered with CQC
January 2011 (15 years)
Registered manager
Sylvia Mazie Elize Onyekwelu
Company check
Active, accounts up to date (Companies House RC000061)
Last CQC check
2 Mar 2026
Typical fees Estimated
£1,670–£2,040 a week for nursing care. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate

Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury

More in Lambeth: Care homes in Lambeth (35) · Best rated care homes in Lambeth · Care homes for physical disability care in Lambeth

CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-140186448

British Home & Hospital for Incurables at a glance

Registered with CQC as a nursing home, British Home & Hospital for Incurables is based in Lambeth, run by Trustees of British Home & Hospital for Incurables. Its registered specialisms include physical disabilities.

Its latest CQC rating is Requires improvement overall (March 2026). Safe, Effective and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 56 CQC-registered care homes in and around Streatham; 45 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Strengths and weak spots in the ratings

Area by area, Safe, Effective and Well-led are rated below Good; 2 other areas are Good.

Across Lambeth, 8 of 33 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (24%), while 7 of 33 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Effective (21%), while 9 of 33 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (27%).

The Safe, Effective and Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.

Registered specialisms

As listed with the regulator.

From the latest CQC inspection

  • The assessment took place between 12 September 2025 and 13 September 2025.
  • This assessment took place to assess if improvements had been made since the last assessment in October 2024.
  • The provider was in breach of the legal regulation in relation to person centred care.
  • People and their relatives spoke mainly positively of their experience at The British Home.

Inspected 27 July 2021; report published 25 August 2021. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.

Who runs it

British Home & Hospital for Incurables is run by British Home And Hospital For Incurables (company RC000061).

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

Track record

British Home & Hospital for Incurables has been registered with CQC since January 2011, about 15 years.

CQC has published 7 overall ratings for it (2016–2026), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Requires improvement.

There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 25 August 2021.

Rating history

  1. May 2016 Good
  2. Oct 2017 Good
  3. May 2019 Good
  4. Feb 2020 Requires improvement
  5. Aug 2021 Good
  6. Jan 2025 Requires Improvement
  7. Today Rated in the last 12 months

Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is lower than the one before.

Reports on the CQC website

Food hygiene

5/5

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 11 March 2025 by Lambeth. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.

From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "British Home And Hospital"). Open Government Licence.

Where it is

Ward
Knight's Hill
Parliamentary constituency
Dulwich and West Norwood
NHS planning area
NHS South East London Integrated Care Board
ONS area type
Urban · nearer to a major town or city
Neighbourhood deprivation
Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
Postcode district
Care homes in SW16 (34)

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Nearby

  • Bus stop 80 m (1 min walk) · 21 stops within 600 m
  • Railway station West Norwood, 960 m (12 min walk)
  • GP surgery North Wood Group Practice, 510 m (6 min walk)
  • Pharmacy 200 m (3 min walk)
  • Shop Tesco Express, 110 m (1 min walk)
  • Park 190 m (2 min walk)
  • Café Crown Cafe, 210 m (3 min walk)
  • Place of worship 300 m (4 min walk)
  • Library West Norwood Library, 1.1 km (14 min walk)

Distances are as the crow flies, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); real walking routes will be longer and may include hills or busy roads.

Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.

Costs to expect

We estimate British Home & Hospital for Incurables at £1,670–£2,040 a week for nursing care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £87k–£106k.

Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.

If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Lambeth Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.

Each area CQC checks

  • SafeRequires improvement8 of 33 in Lambeth
  • EffectiveRequires improvement7 of 33 in Lambeth
  • CaringGood30 of 33 in Lambeth
  • ResponsiveGood28 of 33 in Lambeth
  • Well-ledRequires improvement9 of 33 in Lambeth

CQC key question ratings, published 2 March 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Lambeth share it.

Choice nearby

Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 18 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Gibson's Lodge Limited, under 0.5 miles away.

It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: physical disabilities (4 of the nearest 25).

3 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Knight's Hill ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS South East London ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (6 min), a pharmacy (3 min), a shop (1 min), a park (2 min), a café (3 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

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British Home & Hospital for Incurables against its area

  • Rated Requires improvement. Across Lambeth, 76% of the 33 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 1 is Outstanding.
  • Its rating (March 2026) is more recent than 85% of care home ratings in Lambeth.
  • With 127 beds it is larger than 97% of care homes in Lambeth, where the typical home has 9.
  • Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 43% of care homes in the area.
  • It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Lambeth lists 2.
  • Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (24% of care homes in Lambeth are also rated below Good here); Effective (21% of care homes in Lambeth are also rated below Good here); Well-led (27% of care homes in Lambeth are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.

Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Lambeth (Oct 2026).

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What families ask about British Home & Hospital for Incurables

Is British Home & Hospital for Incurables a registered provider?
It is. The CQC register records British Home & Hospital for Incurables as a care home, location ID 1-140186448 and was rated Requires improvement overall in March 2026.
Where is British Home & Hospital for Incurables based?
It is at Crown Lane, London, SW16 3JB.
What type of care does British Home & Hospital for Incurables provide?
British Home & Hospital for Incurables is registered with CQC for: nursing homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
When was British Home & Hospital for Incurables last inspected?
2 March 2026 is when the current rating was published. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
Is British Home & Hospital for Incurables registered for dementia care?
Its CQC registration does not list dementia. If that is a need now or later, check with the provider before deciding.
Who runs British Home & Hospital for Incurables?
CQC lists Trustees of British Home & Hospital for Incurables as the provider responsible for British Home & Hospital for Incurables.
How big is British Home & Hospital for Incurables?
British Home & Hospital for Incurables is registered for up to 127 residents. Ask about current vacancies and whether rooms have en-suite facilities.
Is British Home & Hospital for Incurables rated well for safety?
CQC rates five key questions. For British Home & Hospital for Incurables: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Requires improvement; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
What are British Home & Hospital for Incurables's fees?
British Home & Hospital for Incurables has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,615 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in London). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.

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