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Middleton Grove Nursing Home
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- 11 Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5DR
- Run by
- Middleton Grove Limted
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 54 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- June 2018 (8 years)
- Registered manager
- Ivy Villanueva Roc
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2017 (9 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 10612426)
- Last CQC check
- 4 Jan 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,650–£2,010 a week for nursing care. An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-5238230155
Middleton Grove Nursing Home at a glance
Middleton Grove Nursing Home is a CQC-registered nursing home in Hove, run by Middleton Grove Limted. It is registered to support older people.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (January 2026). It is one of 61 CQC-registered care homes in and around Brighton; 53 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Scores behind the rating
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, Middleton Grove Nursing Home scores 76%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 75%
- 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 outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 75%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 75%
- 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 future3 · Good
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 sustainability4 · Exceptional
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Scale: 1 (significant shortfalls) to 4 (exceptional). From CQC, assessed 21 October 2025, published 4 January 2026, Open Government Licence. Statements without a score were not reassessed and their earlier result stands.
Past CQC ratings
- Jun 2019
- Feb 2022
- Jan 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 16 February 2022
- CQC inspection report 29 June 2019
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 26 August 2026 by Brighton and Hove. Try to visit at a mealtime: it shows how food, choice and help with eating work in practice.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Middleton Grove"). Open Government Licence.
Finding it
- Ward
- Westbourne & Poets' Corner
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hove and Portslade
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BN3 (51)
See the wider area · Directions · Map data: OpenStreetMap contributors
Nearby
- Bus stop 30 m (1 min walk) · 27 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Aldrington, 480 m (6 min walk)
- GP surgery Hove Park Villas Surgery, 740 m (9 min walk)
- Pharmacy Osbon Pharmacy, 280 m (3 min walk)
- Shop Joeies, 130 m (2 min walk)
- Park Museum Gardens, 390 m (5 min walk)
- Café First Cup, 220 m (3 min walk)
- Place of worship Hove Methodist Church, 70 m (1 min walk)
- Library Hove Public Library, 490 m (6 min walk)
Straight-line distances to the nearest of each, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Walking routes are longer; check for hills and crossings if you plan to take a relative out.
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe75% score74 of 84 in Brighton and Hove
- Effective75% score77 of 84 in Brighton and Hove
- Caring75% score82 of 84 in Brighton and Hove
- Responsive75% score77 of 84 in Brighton and Hove
- Well-led79% score68 of 84 in Brighton and Hove
CQC key question ratings, published 4 January 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Brighton and Hove share it.
Who it can help
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
The ratings in context
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Middleton Grove Nursing Home: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 67 of the 83 other care homes in Brighton and Hove that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Well-led at 79% and its lowest is Safe at 75%, averaging 76% overall.
How long it has been running
Middleton Grove Nursing Home has been registered with CQC since June 2018, about 8 years.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2019–2026), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
There are 2 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 16 February 2022.
The company behind Middleton Grove Nursing Home
Middleton Grove Nursing Home is run by Middleton Grove Limited (company 10612426), incorporated in 2017, 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 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is nursing care.
What it may cost
We estimate Middleton Grove Nursing Home at £1,650–£2,010 a week for nursing care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £86k–£105k.
Where a resident needs nursing, the NHS pays part of the fee straight to the home as NHS-funded nursing care, regardless of who pays the rest.
Brighton and Hove Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 22 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Portland Road, under 0.5 miles away.
4 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Westbourne & Poets' Corner ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% most 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 (3 min), a shop (2 min), a park (5 min), a café (3 min), a bus stop (1 min) and a railway station (6 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Key points from CQC's visit
- Middleton Grove Nursing Home provides accommodation with nursing care for older people with nursing needs and some who were living with dementia.
- The concerns were unfounded, and people received good care that met their needs and protected their rights.The provider had a good learning culture and people could raise concerns.
- There were enough staff with the right skills and experience.
- People said they received high quality care from knowledgeable staff who treated them as individuals.
Inspected 25 January 2022; report published 16 February 2022. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
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Middleton Grove Nursing Home against its area
- Rated Good. Across Brighton and Hove, 92% of the 84 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 4 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (January 2026) is more recent than 82% of care home ratings in Brighton and Hove.
- With 54 beds it is larger than 93% of care homes in Brighton and Hove, where the typical home has 22.
- Registered with CQC in 2018: it has been registered longer than 34% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Brighton and Hove lists 2.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Brighton and Hove (Oct 2026).
Also nearby
Guides for families
Similar care homes near Brighton, rated recently
- Portland RoadMar 2026
- Glentworth HouseDec 2025
- Grove ParkJun 2025
What families ask about Middleton Grove Nursing Home
- What is Middleton Grove Nursing Home's address?
- It is at 11 Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5DR.
- Is Middleton Grove Nursing Home registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-5238230155 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in January 2026.
- What services is Middleton Grove Nursing Home registered for?
- Middleton Grove Nursing Home is registered for nursing homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Does Middleton Grove Nursing Home support people with dementia?
- It is not registered with dementia as a specialism, so confirm with the provider whether it can meet that need.
- When did CQC last rate Middleton Grove Nursing Home?
- The latest rating is dated 4 January 2026; ask whether there have been changes since.
- How many beds does Middleton Grove Nursing Home have?
- CQC registers Middleton Grove Nursing Home for 54 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Which provider runs Middleton Grove Nursing Home?
- CQC lists Middleton Grove Limted as the provider responsible for Middleton Grove Nursing Home.
- How much does care from Middleton Grove Nursing Home cost?
- No fee list from Middleton Grove Nursing Home has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,450 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- How is Middleton Grove Nursing Home rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
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