Residential care home · Leicestershire

The Lodge Residential Home

Grange Lane, Thurnby, LE7 9PH

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 1 year ago No registered manager

CQC rating

Good
Published 3 July 2025 Rated 1 year ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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    • Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
    • Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Involving people to manage risksGood
    • Learning cultureGood
    • Safe environmentsGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • 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
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 5 below good
    • Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
    • Independence, choice and controlGood
    • Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
    • Treating people as individualsGood
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • Care provision, integration and continuityGood
    • Equity in accessGood
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
    • 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?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
    • Learning, improvement and innovationGood
    • Partnerships and communitiesGood
    • Shared direction and cultureGood
    • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood

Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?

CQC scored 33 standards: 30 good, 3 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • March 2022Inspected, no new rating
  • July 2019GoodSECRW
  • November 2018InadequateSECRW
  • September 2018Requires improvementSECRW
  • November 2017Requires improvementSECRW
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  • July 2016GoodSECRW
  • July 2015Requires improvementSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Leicestershire

The Lodge Residential Home is in the Good tier ?, with 94 other homes in Leicestershire. 81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 3 (2%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 5 (3%)
  • Good 95 (58%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 20 (12%)
  • Requires improvement 28 (17%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 11 (7%)

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The Lodge Residential Home at a glance

The Lodge Residential Home is one of 163 care homes in Leicestershire: a 32-bed residential care home in Thurnby, run by The Lodge Thurnby Ltd. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.

Its CQC rating, from July 2025, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in July 2019. The typical rating in Leicestershire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “responding to people's immediate needs”, one of 3 standards out of 33 scored below good.

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2026. That is true of 82% of homes in Leicestershire. In Leicestershire, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.