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
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
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?71%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%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
Freedom to speak upGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 23 good, 10 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Delamere Lodge is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 1 other home in Middlesbrough.
95% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Landona House Limited runs Delamere Lodge, a nursing home in Middlesbrough with room for 41 residents. It is registered to care for 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.
There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. It is one of 13 homes run by Landona House Limited. 10 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Brownlee Court (Good), 0.7 km away. Across Middlesbrough, 95% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in December 2025. 100% of homes in Middlesbrough also score 5.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in April 2026. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in October 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped. Ratings in Middlesbrough are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 10 fell below good. The lowest was “listening to and involving people” (some shortfalls).
