SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%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?75%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?71%Good
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Providing InformationSome shortfalls
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
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: 31 good, 2 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. ?
Penwortham Grange and Lodge is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 40 other homes in Lancashire.
83% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Penwortham Grange and Lodge
Penwortham Grange and Lodge is one of 413 care homes in Lancashire: a 86-bed nursing home in Preston, run by Orchard Care Homes.Com (6) Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. That is larger than most homes in Lancashire, where the typical home has 28 beds.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in October 2024. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. Safe was rated Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in November 2018, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Lancashire, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 2 fell below good. The lowest was “medicines optimisation” (significant shortfalls).
None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2025. That is true of 77% of homes in Lancashire. Across Lancashire, 83% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
