SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?47%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?50%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome 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
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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?61%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?50%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant 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 inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 4 good, 29 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. ?
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. ?
Hawthorn Lodge Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 14 other homes in Nottingham.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Regal Care Trading Ltd, Hawthorn Lodge Care Home is a residential care home in Nottingham with 60 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Nottingham has 17 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
In July 2026, CQC gave it Requires improvement overall, and Requires improvement for each of the five key questions too. Before that, in December 2023, it was rated Inadequate. That is more recent than most ratings in Nottingham, where the typical rating is about 3 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 29 fell below good. The lowest was “safe environments” (significant shortfalls).
CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in November 2025. That is true of 98% of homes in Nottingham. Across Nottingham, 78% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. 9 of Regal Care Trading Ltd’s 15 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). 514 Arnold Road, 0.4 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
