SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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
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. ?
Swallow Lodge is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 27 other homes in Lincolnshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Swallow Lodge is one of 279 care homes in Lincolnshire: a 8-bed residential care home in Lincoln, run by Making Space. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. It is a small home for Lincolnshire, where the median is 30 beds.
In Lincolnshire, 76% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Making Space runs 12 care homes, and 11 of the 12 rated are Good or Outstanding.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in March 2023. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in June 2022, was Inadequate, so the home has improved.
