SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
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. ?
Buckingham Lodge Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 87 other homes in Norfolk.
67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Buckingham Lodge Care Home is a 73-bed nursing home in Thetford, Norfolk, run by Kingsley Buckingham Lodge Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Norfolk has 29 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Across Norfolk, 67% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2025. 89% of homes in Norfolk also score 5. It is one of 3 homes run by Kingsley Buckingham Lodge Limited. 0 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. About 0.6 km away, Lancaster House is rated Good.
CQC last rated the home in January 2023, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective and responsive were also Requires improvement. Caring and well-led were rated Good. Its rating before that, in April 2020, was the same.
