SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
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?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
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?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
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. ?
Run by Residential Care Services Limited, Franklyn Lodge is a residential care home in Wembley, Brent with 9 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Brent has 6 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC's latest rating, from March 2025, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Its rating before that, in June 2020, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Brent, where the typical rating is about 3 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “safe environments”, one of 6 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2025. That is true of 92% of homes in Brent. 5 other homes in Brent share its tier, “Requires improvement”. 4 of Residential Care Services Limited’s 6 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). The nearest home with a higher rating is Ogilvy Court (Good), 0.1 km away.
