The Poets
44 - 48 Shelley Road, Worthing, BN11 4BX · West Sussex · South East
55 beds · operated by South Coast Nursing Homes Limited
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, with every key question Good and none of this operator's 9 rated homes are below Good.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- All 9 of South Coast Nursing Homes Limited's rated homes are Good or better.
- On the record
- No key question is below Good and the rating is current. This is what a clean CQC record looks like — the checks we can make from the published data raise nothing.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Who this service supports
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Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Good | 7 Jan 2025 |
| Effective | Good | 7 Jan 2025 |
| Caring | Good | 7 Jan 2025 |
| Responsive | Good | 7 Jan 2025 |
| Well-led | Good | 7 Jan 2025 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 8 other locations
Other active services registered to South Coast Nursing Homes Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Abundant Grace Nursing Home | Good14 Oct 2022rating 3+ yrs old | East Sussex |
| Berkeley Lodge | Good23 Jan 2020rating 3+ yrs old | West Sussex |
| Blatchington Manor | Good29 Aug 2024 | East Sussex |
| Eastridge Manor EMI Nursing and Residential Home | Good15 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs old | West Sussex |
| Fernbank Residential Home | Good21 Apr 2026 | West Sussex |
| Pentlands Nursing Home | Good18 Apr 2018rating 3+ yrs old | West Sussex |
| Rookwood Residential Home | Good31 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs old | West Sussex |
| White Lodge Residential Home | Good12 Apr 2019rating 3+ yrs old | West Sussex |
Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 12 May 2022
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- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-13011535452
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 8 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.