SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
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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Providing InformationSome shortfalls
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
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: 27 good, 6 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. ?
Forest Lodge Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 1 other home in Newham.
90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Forest Lodge Care Home is one of 22 care homes in Newham: a 43-bed nursing home in London, run by Bramley Health Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in Newham, where the typical home has 8 beds.
Bramley Health Limited runs 6 care homes, and 4 of the 5 rated are Good or Outstanding. Sahara Gardens, 0.3 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in December 2025. 57% of homes in Newham also score 5. In Newham, 90% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
CQC's latest rating, from August 2025, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and effective as well. Caring, responsive and well-led were rated Good. Ratings in Newham are typically about 2 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “consent to care and treatment”, one of 6 standards out of 33 scored below good.
