SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?88%★Outstanding
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentExceptional
How staff, teams and services work togetherExceptional
Monitoring and improving outcomesExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?90%★Outstanding
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?79%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Person-centred careExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
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 exceptional. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Lonsdale Midlands Limited - 164 Walker Road is in the Outstanding tier ?, with 1 other home in Walsall.
67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Lonsdale Midlands Limited - 164 Walker Road at a glance
Lonsdale Midlands Limited - 164 Walker Road is an independent 4-bed residential care home in Walsall, registered with CQC under its own name. It is registered to care for people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Walsall, where the typical home has 30 beds.
The current CQC rating is Outstanding, published in June 2026. Effective and caring were also Outstanding. CQC rated safe, responsive and well-led as Good. That is up from Good in February 2019. The typical rating in Walsall is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC scored 33 standards: 7 exceptional and the rest good.
Across Walsall, 67% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. 7 of Lonsdale Midlands Limited’s 7 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). None of the 6 nearest homes is rated Outstanding.
