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?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?95%★Outstanding
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Responding to people's immediate needsExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%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?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: 29 good, 4 exceptional. 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. ?
Primrose Lodge Weymouth is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 7 other homes in Dorset.
94% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Primula Care Limited, Primrose Lodge Weymouth is a residential care home in Weymouth, Dorset with 38 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people.
CQC's latest rating, from August 2025, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. For caring, the rating was Outstanding. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in July 2018. That is more recent than most ratings in Dorset, where the typical rating is about 3 years old. CQC scored 33 standards: 4 exceptional and the rest good.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in November 2024. That is true of 100% of homes in Dorset. In Dorset, 94% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). It is one of 2 homes run by Primula Care Limited. 2 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
