Care home · Burgess Hill
St Rita's Care Home
Typical fee here £1,660–£2,030 a week Estimate
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- St. Georges Park, Ditchling Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0GT
- Run by
- The Order of St. Augustine of The Mercy of Jesus (2 services)
- Type of provider
- Charity (registered charity 1194230)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 60 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- En-suite rooms
- En-suite rooms available (as stated on anh.org.uk)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2022 (4 years)
- Registered manager
- Karen Shrimpton
- Last CQC check
- 17 Mar 2023
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia). Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Registered to provide: 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 1-12237079079
About this home
St Rita's Care Home is a CQC-registered nursing home in Burgess Hill, run by The Order of St. Augustine of The Mercy of Jesus. Its CQC registration covers older people, including people living with dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Requires improvement overall (March 2023). Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 15 CQC-registered care homes in and around Burgess Hill; 11 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
What the ratings tell you
Looking at the five areas: Well-led is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across East Sussex, 84 of 261 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (32%).
The Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
What inspectors found
- Quality assurance processes did not always identify inconsistencies in relation to care records.
- Planned care and corresponding records of delivered care were not always documented.
- Audits did not highlight assessment tools were completed inconsistently.
- Formal feedback from relatives was not always addressed in a timely way.
Inspected 14 February 2023; report published 17 March 2023; supporting 60 people at the time. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
How its rating has changed
- Jan 2016
- May 2018
- Mar 2023
- Today Rating 3 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 17 March 2023
Map and area details
- Ward
- Ditchling & Westmeston
- Parliamentary constituency
- Lewes
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Smaller rural · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in RH15 (15)
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Nearby
- Railway station Burgess Hill, 1.9 km
- Shop 1.1 km (13 min walk)
- Park Ditchling Common Country Park, 160 m (2 min walk)
- Place of worship St George's, 660 m (8 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
Around Burgess Hill
There are 15 other care homes within 3 miles, 12 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is St Clare's Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (7 of the nearest 25); mental health conditions (6 of the nearest 25); sight or hearing loss (8 of the nearest 25).
10 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Ditchling & Westmeston ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB.
Few everyday amenities are within a short walk, so visitors will mostly come by car.
Ownership and company checks
The Order of St. Augustine of The Mercy of Jesus runs 2 CQC-registered services; 0 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (0%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
All 2 are in East Sussex, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe229 of 261 in East Sussex
- Effective247 of 261 in East Sussex
- Caring253 of 261 in East Sussex
- Responsive238 of 261 in East Sussex
- Well-led84 of 261 in East Sussex
From CQC's latest report, published 17 March 2023. Under each rating: how many care homes in East Sussex share it.
Likely fees
We estimate St Rita's Care Home 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.
NHS-funded nursing care covers part of the nursing cost for eligible residents and is paid directly to the home.
East Sussex Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.
St Rita's Care Home over the years
St Rita's Care Home has been registered with CQC since January 2022, about 4 years.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2023), starting at Good and falling to Requires improvement.
The rating is 3 years old. CQC decides when to return based on risk, so age alone is not a warning sign; still, ask who the manager is now.
Specialisms
Registration details from CQC.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Requires improvement. Across East Sussex, 85% of the 261 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (March 2023) is more recent than 53% of care home ratings in East Sussex.
- With 60 beds it is larger than 85% of care homes in East Sussex, where the typical home has 24.
- Registered with CQC in 2022: it has been registered longer than 21% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in East Sussex lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Well-led (32% of care homes in East Sussex are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
All figures compare it with other care homes in East Sussex; CQC register, Oct 2026.
Nearby options
Guides for families
Other care homes near Burgess Hill with recent ratings
- Edward HouseFeb 2025
- St Annes Residential Care HomeJan 2026
- Hilgay Care HomeMay 2025
St Rita's Care Home: common questions
- What are St Rita's Care Home's fees?
- St Rita's Care Home hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,100–£1,600 a week (typical 2026 prices in West Sussex). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- How did St Rita's Care Home score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For St Rita's Care Home: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- How big is St Rita's Care Home?
- CQC capacity for St Rita's Care Home: 60 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
- Who runs St Rita's Care Home?
- CQC lists The Order of St. Augustine of The Mercy of Jesus as the provider responsible for St Rita's Care Home.
- Does St Rita's Care Home support people with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- When was St Rita's Care Home last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 17 March 2023, 3 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- What type of care does St Rita's Care Home provide?
- St Rita's Care Home is registered for nursing homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Where is St Rita's Care Home?
- It is at St. Georges Park, Ditchling Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0GT.
- Is St Rita's Care Home regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- It is. The CQC register records St Rita's Care Home as a care home, location ID 1-12237079079 and was rated Requires improvement overall in March 2023.
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Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.