Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 10 good, 23 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. ?
Lakeside Residential Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 17 other homes in Rochdale.
65% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Lakeside Residential Care Home is one of 62 care homes in Rochdale: a 40-bed residential care home in Littleborough, run by Franklin Care Group Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia. The typical home in Rochdale has 25 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Franklin Care Group Limited runs 9 care homes, and 7 of the 9 rated are Good or Outstanding. About 0.2 km away, Leighton House is rated Good. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from May 2026. In Rochdale, 60% of homes score 5. In Rochdale, 65% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
CQC last rated the home in August 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective, caring and well-led as well. CQC rated responsive as Good. Before that, in January 2022, it was rated Good. Ratings in Rochdale are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found some shortfalls in “independence, choice and control”, one of 23 standards out of 33 scored below good.
