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Care home

Brabourne Care Centre

209 Hythe Road, Ashford, TN24 8PL · Kent · South East

82 beds · operated by Opus Care Limited

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement12 Jan 2022rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 4 years old, and 1 of this operator's 2 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement12 Jan 2022rating 3+ yrs old
Well-ledRequires improvement12 Jan 2022rating 3+ yrs old
Age of rating
4 years old — published 12 Jan 2022. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
1 of 2 of Opus Care Limited's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old12 Jan 2022
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old29 Aug 2018
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old29 Aug 2018
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old29 Aug 2018
Well-ledRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old12 Jan 2022

Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

Same operator — 1 other location

Other active services registered to Opus Care Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Folkestone Care CentreGood17 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs oldKent

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
4 Feb 2011
Beds
82
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-142019085

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.