SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?81%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
SafeguardingGood
Safe and effective staffingExceptional
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsExceptional
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?79%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
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?85%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?89%★Outstanding
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Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Care provision, integration and continuityExceptional
Equity in accessExceptional
Equity in experiences and outcomesExceptional
Person-centred careExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?86%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Learning, improvement and innovationExceptional
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 21 good, 12 exceptional. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Fixby Lodge is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 8 other homes in Kirklees.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Horizon Healthcare Homes Limited runs Fixby Lodge, a residential care home in Huddersfield, Kirklees with room for 8 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Kirklees has 23 beds, so this one is on the small side.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2019. 79% of homes in Kirklees also score 5. In Kirklees, 78% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. It is one of 9 homes run by Horizon Healthcare Homes Limited. 9 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in October 2026. Safe, effective, caring and well-led were also Good. For responsive, the rating was Outstanding. That matches its previous rating, from July 2018. That is more recent than most ratings in Kirklees, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. None of its 33 scored standards was below good, and 12 were exceptional.
