SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
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. ?
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. ?
The home changed owner in May 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Dovehaven Lodge 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%).
DHCH14 Limited runs Dovehaven Lodge, a nursing home in Preston, Lancashire with room for 80 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Lancashire has 28 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Across Lancashire, 83% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from February 2026. 77% of homes in Lancashire also score 5. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. DHCH14 Limited has run the home since May 2025, when it changed owner. It is one of 22 homes run by DHCH14 Limited. 16 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC last rated the home in May 2023, giving it Good overall. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. Safe was rated Requires improvement. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in November 2022.
