Withens Nursing Home

Hook Green Road, Southfleet, Gravesend DA13 9NP
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9.5 81 Reviews
  • Withens Nursing Home, Gravesend
Situated in the pleasant village of Southfleet, Withens Nursing Home is a traditional and comfortable care facility with 27 rooms available for nursing care for the elderly.

Enjoy a warm and friendly environment that includes traditional features, a large conservatory, beautiful well-maintained gardens and extensive views of the Kent countryside.

Withens Nursing Home believes in a person-centred approach to care, employing specialist medical and healthcare expertise to ensure that residents' needs are met.
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Care Provided by Withens Nursing Home

Primary Care Categories

  • Older Person Care
  • Physical Disability
  • Visual / Hearing Impairment

Length of Stay

  • Permanent Care
  • Respite Care

Care Types Provided

  • Residential Care
  • Nursing Care
  • For a maximum of 33 Service Users

Other Care Provided

  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Stroke
  • Palliative / End of Life Care
  • COPD/Pulmonary Disease
  • Convalescent Care

Facilities

  • Own Furniture if required
  • Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
  • Near Public Transport
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Gardens
  • Television point in own room
  • Residents Internet Access

Funding & Fees

Weekly Charges per Person

  • Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1550
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care: from £1623
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Nursing Care: from £1705

*All fee’s are based on a pre-admission assessment conducted by the team at Withens Nursing Home. Our Nursing fees do not included FNC contribution (NHS-funded Nursing Care)

These prices are only a guideline, please contact Withens Nursing Home to find out the exact price for your requirements.

Funding Types Accepted

  • Self Funding (Private)
  • Local Authority with Top Up
  • Local Authority
  • NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)

Support you may be entitled to

If you chose a care home based in England, you may be eligible for NHS Funded Nursing Care (FNC), which helps cover the cost of nursing. This is worth £254.06 per week and is usually paid directly to the care home.

Good to Know

Person in Charge

  • Gurpreet Vara (General Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Information

  • Ages 65+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: No
  • Number of floors: 2

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (33)
  • Couples/Companion Rooms (0)

Visiting

  • Withens welcome visitors to Withens Nursing Home. Please contact the home directly for the latest visiting arrangement.

Parking

  • Car parking is available

Withens Nursing Home Reviews (81)

9.5

Withens Nursing Home has a Review Score of 9.5 (9.532) out of 10, based on 35 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Withens Nursing Home has 81 reviews.

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Reviewer Connection to Withens Nursing Home
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Review from Paul S (Partner of Resident) published on 29 February 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5
A pleasantly located care home in rural surroundings. Rooms are spacious and communal areas are well appointed and attractive. Cleanliness is an issue; rooms and communal areas (e.g. Corridors and toilets) are neither cleaned properly nor frequently enough, nor is there sufficient checking of the facilities
to ensure there are paper towels or that waste bins are emptied. Nursing staff at weekends are in short supply meaning that residents are not given as much attention or help as they need; this impacts on bedridden patients for whom no one is available to hoist them into a chair. Meals are varied and sufficient in quantity, but what residents receive often does not match published menus. Management personnel are often difficult to find; at weekends, no management staff are visible at all. A signing-in book in reception is a must to ensure that all persons within the home can be accounted for in an emergency; unfortunately a pen, with which to sign in, is often absent.
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Current Review Score: 9.5 (9.532)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.5 (9.532) out of 10 for Withens Nursing Home is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.5 out of 5 from 35 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 34 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Care Home is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.532 for Withens Nursing Home is calculated as follows: ( (269 Excellents x 5) + (97 Goods x 4) + (29 Satisfactorys x 3) + (2 Poors x 2) + (7 Very Poors x 1) ) ÷ 404 Ratings = 4.532
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Withens Nursing Home is based on 34 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the registered maximum number of service users in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Care Home registered for a maximum of 50 service users has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 33 registered maximum number of service users is 6.6, which has been reached with 34 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Care Home does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

Regulatory Rating

Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating

Date: 21 Oct 2021

Overall Good

  • Caring Good
  • Effective Good
  • Responsive Good
  • Safe Good
  • Well-led Good
Care Quality Commission is responsible for the registration and inspection of social care services in England. View Latest Report

Bed Vacancies

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Awards / Recognitions (5)

Meet the Team (1)

Gurpreet

Gurpreet Vara

Job Title: General Manager Joined: 2025

With over 16 years’ experience as a trained nurse and five years in care home leadership, Gurpreet brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to her role at Withens Nursing Home. Her background includes senior roles in large nursing homes and specialist rehabilitation services, where she developed a strong focus on person-centred care, safeguarding, and staff development.


Gurpreet is driven by the belief that every individual deserves dignity, respect, and meaningful care. She thrives on building supportive environments where residents feel truly at home and her team feels empowered to grow. For her, it’s the personal connections and daily impact that make the work so rewarding.


She describes Withens as a warm and welcoming home set in beautiful countryside, with a dedicated team and a vibrant activities programme that truly enhances residents’ lives.
Outside of work, Gurpreet has a creative background in the arts, a deep-rooted connection to healthcare through her family, and a love for learning new skills.

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