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Care homes in Kensington and Chelsea

There are 11 registered care homes in Kensington and Chelsea, 6 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 443 registered beds, an average of 40 a home. 10 have a CQC rating, and 90% of those are Good or Outstanding (2 Outstanding). 1 is rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

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The homes

What Kensington and Chelsea pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,317 a week£349 more than the middle council in England (£968), the 5th highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,228 a week£143 more than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 34th highest of 151.

This is what the council spent, averaged over every placement it paid for, not a fee anyone is quoted. People paying for themselves are usually charged more: the Competition and Markets Authority found a 41% gap on average in 2017. Nursing figures exclude NHS-funded nursing care, which the NHS pays to the home on top. Source: Department of Health and Social Care, Adult social care finance report 2024-25. Every council compared