SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe environmentsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?62%Requires improvement
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSignificant 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?61%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySignificant shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?39%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 14 good, 19 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. ?
Stradbroke Court is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Suffolk.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Stradbroke Court is one of 182 care homes in Suffolk: a 43-bed residential care home in Lowestoft, run by Aps Care Ltd. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with mental health needs.
CQC rated it Requires improvement overall and in all five key questions in December 2024. Before that, in October 2023, it was rated Inadequate. That is more recent than most ratings in Suffolk, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “workforce wellbeing and enablement”, one of 19 standards out of 33 scored below good.
About 0.7 km away, The Grove is rated Good. 0 of Aps Care Ltd’s 2 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in October 2025. That is true of 92% of homes in Suffolk. Across Suffolk, 81% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
