Requires improvementSafe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated 4 years ago↓ Down from GoodNew owner since December 2025
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
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. ?
The home changed owner in December 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Hesketh Park Lodge is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 20 other homes in Sefton.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Priory CC96 Limited runs Hesketh Park Lodge, a nursing home in Southport, Sefton with room for 79 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in Sefton has 27 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
About 0.5 km away, Benridge Residential Care Home is rated Good. Priory CC96 Limited runs 7 care homes, and 1 of the 6 rated are Good or Outstanding. Priory CC96 Limited has run the home since December 2025, when it changed owner. Across Sefton, 79% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from September 2025. 94% of homes in Sefton also score 5.
CQC's latest rating, from August 2022, is Requires improvement overall. Effective, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. For safe and caring, the rating was Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. That is down from Good in March 2019.
