Residential care home · Lancashire
Dolphinlee House Home for Older People
Patterdale Road, Ridge Estate, Lancaster, LA1 3LZ
How it compares in Lancashire
Dolphinlee House Home for Older People is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 40 other homes in Lancashire. 83% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
- Outstanding 14 (3%)
- Good, with Outstanding areas 13 (3%)
- Good 258 (62%)
- Good, with an area to improve 41 (10%)
- Requires improvement 66 (16%)
- Inadequate 1 (0%)
- Not yet rated 20 (5%)
Care homes nearby
Other homes run by Lancashire County Council
23 care homes in total: 2 Outstanding, 17 Good, 4 Requires improvement.
Dolphinlee House Home for Older People at a glance
Dolphinlee House Home for Older People is one of 413 care homes in Lancashire: a 46-bed residential care home in Lancaster, run by Lancashire County Council. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. The typical home in Lancashire has 28 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC last rated the home in August 2023, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and well-led as well. CQC rated responsive as Requires improvement. Before that, in September 2022, it was rated Requires improvement.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Lancaster and Morecambe Short Breaks Service (Outstanding), 3.1 km away. 19 of Lancashire County Council’s 23 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in June 2025. That is true of 77% of homes in Lancashire. In Lancashire, 83% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).