Residential care home · North Northamptonshire

Glenkindie Lodge Residential Care Home

27 Harborough Road, Desborough, Kettering, NN14 2QX

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 2 months ago ↓ Down from Good No registered manager

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 25 August 2026 Rated 2 months ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?44%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown8 of 8 below good
    • Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
    • Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
    • Learning cultureSome shortfalls
    • Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
    • Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
    • SafeguardingSome shortfalls
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?46%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown6 of 6 below good
    • Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
    • Assessing needsSome shortfalls
    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?50%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown5 of 5 below good
    • Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
    • Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
    • Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
    • Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?46%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown7 of 7 below good
    • Planning for the futureSignificant shortfalls
    • Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
    • Equity in accessSome shortfalls
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
    • Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
    • Person-centred careSome shortfalls
    • Providing InformationSome shortfalls
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?50%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown7 of 7 below good
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
    • Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
    • Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
    • Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
    • Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
    • Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
    • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls

Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?

CQC scored 33 standards: 0 good, 33 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • October 2022GoodSECRW
  • March 2022Requires improvementSECRW
  • September 2021InadequateSECRW
  • September 2020Inspected, no new rating
  • March 2020Requires improvementSECRW
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  • December 2018Requires improvementSECRW

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in North Northamptonshire

Glenkindie Lodge Residential Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 19 other homes in North Northamptonshire. 80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 7 (6%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 2 (2%)
  • Good 63 (58%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 11 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 20 (19%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 4 (4%)

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Glenkindie Lodge Residential Care Home at a glance

Glenkindie Lodge Residential Care Home is one of 108 care homes in North Northamptonshire: a 33-bed residential care home in Kettering, run by Abraham Health Care Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.

In August 2026, CQC gave it Requires improvement overall, and Requires improvement for each of the five key questions too. That is down from Good in October 2022. The typical rating in North Northamptonshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 33 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “consent to care and treatment”.

CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. Cheaney Court Care Home, 0.3 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in October 2026. That is true of 99% of homes in North Northamptonshire. In North Northamptonshire, 80% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).