SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe environmentsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
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?68%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
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: 23 good, 10 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. ?
St Georges Lodge Residential Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 47 other homes in West Sussex.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
St Georges Lodge Residential Care Home is one of 333 care homes in West Sussex: a 26-bed residential care home in Worthing, run by Bushby Care Ltd. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Keychange Charity Rosemary Mount Care Home, 0.1 km away, is the closest home rated Good. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from July 2026. In West Sussex, 92% of homes score 5. 47 other homes in West Sussex share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
CQC last rated the home in December 2025, 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. That is down from Good in September 2021. The typical rating in West Sussex is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found significant shortfalls in “involving people to manage risks”, one of 10 standards out of 33 scored below good.
