SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
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. ?
The home changed owner in April 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. ?
Hillside Lodge Care Home is a 50-bed nursing home in Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland. The home is its own registered provider. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in April 2026. 95% of homes in Northumberland also score 5. 64 other homes in Northumberland share its tier, “Good”. Hillside Lodge Care Limited has run the home since April 2025, when it changed owner. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now.
In January 2020, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in May 2017. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Northumberland, 28% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
