SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
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?65%Good
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Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 19 good, 14 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. ?
The Lodge is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 22 other homes in North Yorkshire.
86% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Lodge is a 38-bed residential care home in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, run by Hamilton Care Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
CQC's latest rating, from July 2026, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in August 2023. That is more recent than most ratings in North Yorkshire, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 14 fell below good. The lowest was “treating people as individuals” (some shortfalls).
None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. 22 other homes in North Yorkshire share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”.
