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
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsGood
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?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
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?54%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 19 good, 14 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Carmel Lodge Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 21 other homes in Cheshire East.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Carmel Lodge Care Home is a 36-bed nursing home in Macclesfield, Cheshire East, run by Maria Mallaband Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Parklands Residential Care Home (Good), 1.4 km away. It is one of 5 homes run by Maria Mallaband Limited. 3 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. 21 other homes in Cheshire East share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in March 2025. 95% of homes in Cheshire East also score 5.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in August 2025. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. That matches its previous rating, from April 2021. That is more recent than most ratings in Cheshire East, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found some shortfalls in “workforce wellbeing and enablement”, one of 14 standards out of 33 scored below good.
