SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
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: 29 good, 4 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 Rest Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 4 other homes in Nottingham.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Forest Lodge Rest Home is a 28-bed residential care home in Nottingham. The home is its own registered provider. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in Nottingham, where the typical home has 17 beds.
CQC last rated the home in August 2026, giving it Good overall. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in September 2019, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. Ratings in Nottingham are typically about 3 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “medicines optimisation”, one of 4 standards out of 33 scored below good.
None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from June 2026. That is true of 98% of homes in Nottingham. 4 other homes in Nottingham share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”.
