SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
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?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
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 sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 18 good, 15 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. ?
St. Michaels Lodge is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 2 other homes in Waltham Forest.
93% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Shakthi Healthcare Limited, St. Michaels Lodge is a residential care home in London, Waltham Forest with 10 registered beds. It is registered to care for younger adults.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in September 2024. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. That matches its previous rating, from October 2019. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 15 fell below good. The lowest was “workforce wellbeing and enablement” (some shortfalls).
About 0.1 km away, MIG House Residential Care Homes is rated Good. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in December 2025. That is true of 94% of homes in Waltham Forest. 2 other homes in Waltham Forest share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
