Care home · Gillingham
Darland House
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- 29 Darland Avenue, Gillingham, ME7 3AL
- Run by
- Medway Community Healthcare C.I.C (2 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 40 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- June 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Tracy Ann Webb
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2010 (16 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 07275637)
- Last CQC check
- 26 Feb 2021
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia). Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-221575483
Darland House at a glance
Darland House in Gillingham is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home, run by Medway Community Healthcare C.I.C. The service is registered to support older people and lists dementia among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (June 2018). It is one of 25 CQC-registered care homes in and around Gillingham; 18 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- Darland House is registered as a care home that provides accommodation and nursing care for up to 40 people.
- The service is set over two floors and divided into four separate living areas, each with their own communal rooms.
- The provider had identified a living area as a proposed designated setting.
- This was one of the 10-bedded living areas on the second floor of the service.
Inspected 21 January 2021; report published 26 February 2021; supporting 40 people at the time. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
The registered provider
Darland House is run by Medway Community Healthcare C.i.c. (company 07275637), incorporated in 2010, 1 year before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 4 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
Medway Community Healthcare C.I.C runs 2 CQC-registered services.
All 2 are in Medway, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
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 Stuart House, under 0.5 miles away.
20 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Watling ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Kent and Medway ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (5 min), a pharmacy (4 min), a shop (3 min), a park (8 min), a café (4 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The five key questions
- Safe40 of 60 in Medway
- Effective50 of 60 in Medway
- Caring52 of 60 in Medway
- Responsive52 of 60 in Medway
- Well-led40 of 60 in Medway
CQC key question ratings, published 20 June 2018. Under each rating: how many care homes in Medway share it.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Darland House at £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £86k–£106k.
If nursing care is needed, the NHS pays a weekly NHS-funded nursing care contribution directly to the home, whoever pays the rest.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Medway Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Rating history
- Mar 2015
- Mar 2016
- Jun 2018
- Nov 2020
- Feb 2021
- Today Rating 8 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 26 February 2021
- CQC inspection report 26 November 2020
- CQC inspection report 20 June 2018
- CQC inspection report 11 March 2016
- CQC inspection report 5 March 2015
- Inspection report 7 August 2013
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Watling
- Council
- Medway Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in ME7 (16)
Larger map · Route planner · Base map © OpenStreetMap
Nearby
- Bus stop 10 m (1 min walk) · 16 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Gillingham, 1.9 km
- GP surgery Dr Dharan M and Partners, 430 m (5 min walk)
- Pharmacy Jhoots Pharmacy, 360 m (4 min walk)
- Shop One2One Shoplocally, 250 m (3 min walk)
- Park 660 m (8 min walk)
- Café Gina's Cafe, 300 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship Third Avenue Church & Community Centre, 880 m (11 min walk)
- Library Luton Library, 940 m (12 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
History with CQC
Darland House has been registered with CQC since June 2011, about 15 years.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2015–2021), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Inspected but not rated.
It has gone 8 years without a new overall rating. CQC schedules inspections by risk, so this is not a bad sign in itself, though leadership may have moved on.
CQC lists 6 reports for this location, the latest dated 26 February 2021.
Who the service is registered for
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
Reading Darland House's CQC ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Darland House: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 39 of the 59 other care homes in Medway that CQC has rated.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Medway, 70% of the 60 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 0 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2018) is more recent than 10% of care home ratings in Medway.
- With 40 beds it is larger than 74% of care homes in Medway, where the typical home has 20.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 56% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Medway lists 3.
Based on the CQC register for Medway as at Oct 2026.
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Darland House: common questions
- Which provider runs Darland House?
- Darland House is run by Medway Community Healthcare C.I.C, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How many beds does Darland House have?
- Darland House can take up to 40 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- How is Darland House rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- What are Darland House's fees?
- Darland House has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- Is Darland House a registered provider?
- Darland House is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-221575483) and was rated Good overall in June 2018.
- Where is Darland House?
- It is at 29 Darland Avenue, Gillingham, ME7 3AL.
- What services is Darland House registered for?
- Darland House is registered for nursing homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- When was Darland House last inspected?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 20 June 2018, 8 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- Can Darland House care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
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