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?54%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 livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
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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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 14 good, 19 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. ?
Lavender Lodge Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 16 other homes in Derby.
74% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Lavender Lodge Nursing Home is an independent 44-bed nursing home in Derby, registered with CQC under its own name. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability.
CQC last rated the home in July 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in August 2022, was Good, so the home has slipped. The typical rating in Derby is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “responding to people's immediate needs”, one of 19 standards out of 33 scored below good.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 3 (generally satisfactory), from August 2026. 72% of homes in Derby score the top mark of 5. Across Derby, 74% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. Oaklands, 0.9 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
