SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
SafeguardingGood
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?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
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?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 27 good, 6 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. ?
Belgrave Lodge is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 8 other homes in Buckinghamshire.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by The Fremantle Trust, Belgrave Lodge is a residential care home in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire with 8 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Buckinghamshire has 30 beds, so this one is on the small side.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in February 2024. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. Safe was rated Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in September 2017, was the same. Ratings in Buckinghamshire are typically about 6 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 6 fell below good. The lowest was “infection prevention and control” (some shortfalls).
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from December 2025. That is true of 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire. In Buckinghamshire, 73% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. The Fremantle Trust runs 15 care homes, and 11 of the 14 rated are Good or Outstanding.
