SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?78%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
SafeguardingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsExceptional
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?79%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?80%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 enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?79%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Person-centred careExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?93%★Outstanding
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Freedom to speak upGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Governance, management and sustainabilityExceptional
Learning, improvement and innovationExceptional
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 9 exceptional. 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. ?
Bowden Lodge is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 8 other homes in Sheffield.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Bowden Lodge is a 16-bed residential care home in Sheffield, run by Parkcare Homes (No.2) Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults and people with mental health needs. It is a small home for Sheffield, where the median is 34 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from December 2025, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. For well-led, the rating was Outstanding. Its rating before that, in November 2017, was the same. The typical rating in Sheffield is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 9 of the 33 standards CQC scored were exceptional, and none fell below good.
None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. Parkcare Homes (No.2) Limited runs 88 care homes, and 75 of the 87 rated are Good or Outstanding. Across Sheffield, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in October 2024. That is true of 82% of homes in Sheffield.
