SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
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?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
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?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 26 good, 7 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. ?
Earls Lodge Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 11 other homes in Wakefield.
75% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Earls Lodge Care Home is one of 96 care homes in Wakefield: a 52-bed nursing home in Wakefield, run by Strong Life Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Wakefield, where the typical home has 22 beds.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in November 2025. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in May 2024, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. Ratings in Wakefield are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 7 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “involving people to manage risks”.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2025. That is true of 88% of homes in Wakefield. 11 other homes in Wakefield share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Strong Life Care Limited runs 3 care homes, and all 3 rated are Good or Outstanding. About 1.4 km away, Hepworth House is rated Outstanding.
