Nursing home · Suffolk

Spring Lodge

Main Road, Woolverstone, Ipswich, IP9 1AX

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 16 December 2022 Rated 3 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

  • September 2021Requires improvementSECRW
  • November 2017GoodSECRW
  • May 2015GoodSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Suffolk

Spring Lodge is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Suffolk. 81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 21 (12%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 6 (3%)
  • Good 92 (51%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 20 (11%)
  • Requires improvement 30 (16%)
  • Inadequate 3 (2%)
  • Not yet rated 10 (5%)

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Care homes nearby

  • St Marys
    Ipswich, Suffolk · IP9 2PS · Residential care home · 60 beds2.4 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 8 months ago
  • Prince George House
    Ipswich, Suffolk · IP3 9GY · Nursing home · 80 beds3.0 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Orwell Care Home
    Ipswich, Suffolk · IP9 2AE · Residential care home · 38 beds3.2 km
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
  • Wisteria House
    Ipswich, Suffolk · IP3 9QB · Residential care home · 7 beds3.8 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Hallmark Bucklesham Grange Luxury Care Home
    Ipswich, Suffolk · IP3 8UB · Nursing home · 57 beds4.6 km
    Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Avocet Court
    Ipswich, Suffolk · IP2 8RS · Nursing home · 153 beds4.8 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago

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Other homes run by Regal Healthcare Properties Limited

3 care homes in total: 1 Good, 2 Requires improvement.

  • Oaklands
    Diss, Norfolk · IP21 4EE · Nursing home · 53 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 5 years ago
  • Brooke House
    Norwich, Norfolk · NR15 1JH · Residential care home · 35 beds
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago

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About Spring Lodge

Spring Lodge is one of 182 care homes in Suffolk: a 46-bed nursing home in Ipswich, run by Regal Healthcare Properties Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults.

Across Suffolk, 81% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in October 2025. 92% of homes in Suffolk also score 5. St Marys, 2.4 km away, is the closest home rated Good. 1 of Regal Healthcare Properties Limited’s 3 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).

CQC last rated the home in December 2022, 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. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in September 2021.