Welcome House - Nickleby Lodge
CQC: Requires improvement Residential care home in Rochester, Medway
Welcome House - Nickleby Lodge is a residential care home in Rochester, Medway, run by Toqeer Aslam. It is registered for 10 beds. The Care Quality Commission rated it Requires improvement on 30 March 2026. It is registered to care for people with mental health conditions.
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What the regulator found
The Care Quality Commission rated Welcome House - Nickleby Lodge Requires improvement on 30 March 2026, from an assessment. At least one of the five areas it looks at scored lower than the overall rating, shown below.
Safe
Inadequate
Effective
Requires improvement
Caring
Requires improvement
Responsive
Requires improvement
Well-led
Requires improvement
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The registration
- Type
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 10
- Run by
- Toqeer Aslam (5 homes)
- Address
- 32 The Close, Rochester, ME1 1SD
- Council
- Medway
- On the register
- 15 years, since 24 January 2011
- Last CQC check
- 30 March 2026
- Phone
- 01634843372
- Website
- www.welcomehouse.co.uk
Registered to care for
- Mental health conditions
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Medway spent an average of £1,100 a week per resident on residential care for over-65s in 2024-25. That is a council average, not this home’s fee, and people paying for themselves are usually charged more. What every council pays
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