Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 22 good, 11 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Ashby Lodge Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 18 other homes in Wakefield.
75% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Ashby Lodge Residential Home
Ashby Lodge Residential Home is one of 96 care homes in Wakefield: a 22-bed residential care home in Wakefield, run by Mauricare Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and people with mental health needs.
CQC last rated the home in October 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in August 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped. Ratings in Wakefield are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 11 fell below good. The lowest was “equity in experiences and outcomes” (some shortfalls).
About 0.4 km away, Wood Dene is rated Good. Mauricare Limited runs 7 care homes, and 3 of the 7 rated are Good or Outstanding. In Wakefield, 75% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in October 2026. 88% of homes in Wakefield score the top mark of 5.
