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Care homes in Medway

There are 67 registered care homes in Medway, 16 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 1,820 registered beds, an average of 27 a home. 60 have a CQC rating, and 72% of those are Good or Outstanding. 17 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Medway 16Residential care homes in Medway 51Dementia care homes in Medway 35

Towns:ChathamGillinghamRochester

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The homes

What Medway pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,100 a week£132 more than the middle council in England (£968), the 34th highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£968 a week£117 less than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 114th 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