SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?0%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?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?57%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 25 good, 8 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. ?
Rose Lodge is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 10 other homes in County Durham.
92% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by MMCG (CCH) (2) Limited, Rose Lodge is a residential care home in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham with 54 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people and people with dementia.
CQC last rated the home in January 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in December 2020, was Good, so the home has slipped. The typical rating in County Durham is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 8 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “infection prevention and control”.
MMCG (CCH) (2) Limited runs 13 care homes, and 9 of the 13 rated are Good or Outstanding. Woodham Grange, 0.5 km away, is the closest home rated Good. In County Durham, 92% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in August 2025. That is true of 84% of homes in County Durham. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment.
