Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 8 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?0%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?0%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?0%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?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 26 good, 7 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. ?
Aura Care Living Ltd runs Kings Lodge, a nursing home in Camberley, Surrey with room for 88 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Surrey are smaller: the median there is 30 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from February 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. That is down from Good in January 2021. That is more recent than most ratings in Surrey, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 7 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “governance, management and sustainability”.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 3 out of 5 in January 2026. 87% of homes in Surrey score the top mark of 5. In Surrey, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). About 0.8 km away, Rainbow Lodge is rated Good.
