Care home · Herne Bay
H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive
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- 48 Albany Drive, Herne Bay, CT6 8PX
- Run by
- HMT Care Limited (2 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 7 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Garden
- Garden for residents (as stated on hmt-care.co.uk)
- Registered with CQC
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Katie Elizabeth Payne
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2002 (24 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04550126)
- Last CQC check
- 26 Jun 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care. Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
More in Greenhill: Care homes in Greenhill (7) · Care homes for elderly care in Greenhill · Care homes for care for adults under 65 in Greenhill
Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-107079545
The service in brief
H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive in Herne Bay is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by HMT Care Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists physical disabilities among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (June 2026). It is one of 7 CQC-registered care homes in and around Greenhill; 4 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The ratings in context
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 322 of the 454 other care homes in Kent that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Well-led at 79% and its lowest is Safe at 69%, averaging 72% overall.
Who they support
As listed with the regulator.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 15 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Haydon-Mayer, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: physical disabilities (7 of the nearest 25).
1 of the 22 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Heron ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 50% 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 (7 min), a pharmacy (3 min), a shop (1 min), a park (5 min), a café (4 min), a bus stop (1 min) and a railway station (6 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The company behind H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive
H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive is run by Hmt Care Limited (company 04550126), incorporated in 2002, 8 years 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 residential care for older and disabled people.
HMT Care Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
All 2 are in Kent, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
Costs to expect
We estimate H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive 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.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Kent Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe69% score353 of 455 in Kent
- Effective71% score400 of 455 in Kent
- Caring70% score406 of 455 in Kent
- Responsive71% score395 of 455 in Kent
- Well-led79% score323 of 455 in Kent
CQC key question ratings, published 26 June 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Kent share it.
Track record
CQC registration dates from December 2010, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2016–2026), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
The CQC website holds 6 reports for it, the latest from 1 May 2018.
From the latest CQC inspection
- The service was delivering a high standard of specialist care that was personalised to the needs and wishes of people to ensure they received the best outcomes from their care.
- People were supported by knowledgeable staff who had their clear guidance to make sure people received consistent evidence-based care to manage their health needs.
- Staff worked collaboratively with other stakeholders, to ensure people received joined up care as their needs changed.
- A relative added, “They give genuinely good care for Huntington’s Disease because they really understand the implications.
Inspected 13 February 2018; report published 1 May 2018. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Detailed scores
Behind each rating sit scores of 1 to 4 for individual quality statements, which CQC turns into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive scores 72%.
Safe 69%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing2 · Some shortfalls
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation2 · Some shortfalls
Effective 71%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes2 · Some shortfalls
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 70%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs2 · Some shortfalls
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 71%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future2 · Some shortfalls
Well-led 79%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities4 · Exceptional
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Scale: 1 (significant shortfalls) to 4 (exceptional). From CQC, assessed 21 May 2026, published 26 June 2026, Open Government Licence. Statements without a score were not reassessed and their earlier result stands.
Rating history
- Feb 2016
- Mar 2017
- May 2018
- Jun 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
CQC rating timeline for this address.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 1 May 2018
- CQC inspection report 21 March 2017
- CQC inspection report 19 February 2016
- Inspection report 11 December 2013
- Inspection report 29 January 2013
- Inspection report 17 November 2011
Finding it
- Ward
- Heron
- Council
- Kent County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban; further from a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in CT6 (25)
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Local amenities
- Bus stop 30 m (1 min walk) · 21 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Herne Bay, 500 m (6 min walk)
- GP surgery A & E Mulvaney Chiropody Centre, 550 m (7 min walk)
- Pharmacy Lloyds Pharmacy, 210 m (3 min walk)
- Shop The Local, 70 m (1 min walk)
- Park Oxenden Square, 370 m (5 min walk)
- Café Herne Bay Cafe, 290 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship The Beacon Church, 120 m (1 min walk)
- Library Herne Bay Library, 1.0 km (13 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
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H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive questions answered
- What type of care does H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive provide?
- H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive is registered with CQC for: residential homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Is H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive as a care home, location ID 1-107079545 and was rated Good overall in June 2026.
- What is H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive's address?
- It is at 48 Albany Drive, Herne Bay, CT6 8PX.
- How recent is H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 26 June 2026; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Is H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive registered for dementia care?
- No dementia specialism is recorded with CQC. Ask the provider directly if this is likely to matter.
- Which provider runs H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive?
- H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive is run by HMT Care Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How big is H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive?
- CQC registers H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive for 7 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- How is H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How much does care from H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive cost?
- H M T Care - 48 Albany Drive has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
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