Residential care home · Liverpool

Walker Lodge

188 Townsend Avenue, Norris Green, Liverpool, L11 5AF

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 8 years ago

CQC rating

Good
Published 30 January 2018 Rated 8 years ago ?
  • 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?Good

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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • April 2015GoodSECRW

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Liverpool

Walker Lodge is in the Good tier ?, with 34 other homes in Liverpool. 67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 3 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 3 (4%)
  • Good 35 (41%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 13 (15%)
  • Requires improvement 22 (26%)
  • Inadequate 5 (6%)
  • Not yet rated 4 (5%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Tate Lodge
    Liverpool · L11 5AF · Residential care home · 8 bedsunder 0.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Lorenzo Drive
    Liverpool · L11 1BQ · Residential care home · 24 beds0.3 km
    Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Broadway Nursing
    Liverpool · L4 8UD · Nursing home · 65 beds0.5 km
    Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Sedgemoor Care Home
    Liverpool · L11 3BR · Residential care home · 30 beds0.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Larkhill Hall
    Liverpool · L11 1ER · Residential care home · 66 beds1.6 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago
  • Townsend Hub
    Liverpool · L6 0BB · Residential care home · 35 beds1.7 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 9 months ago

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Other homes run by Voyage 1 Limited

241 care homes in total: 12 Outstanding, 205 Good, 21 Requires improvement, 3 Not yet rated.

  • 1 Sheringham Avenue
    London, Enfield · N14 4UB · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 5 months ago
  • 23 Cecil Road
    Dronfield, Derbyshire · S18 2GW · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated this month
  • 4 Pages Orchard
    Reading, Oxfordshire · RG4 9LW · Residential care home · 3 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • Bewick House
    Darlington · DL1 3HW · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Broadview
    Fareham, Hampshire · PO16 7UB · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago
  • Derwent Cottage
    Scarborough, North Yorkshire · YO12 4RB · Residential care home · 4 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago

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Walker Lodge in brief

Voyage 1 Limited runs Walker Lodge, a residential care home in Liverpool with room for 8 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults and people with mental health needs. The typical home in Liverpool has 36 beds, so this one is on the small side.

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from January 2020. 64% of homes in Liverpool also score 5. In Liverpool, 67% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Voyage 1 Limited runs 241 care homes, and 217 of the 238 rated are Good or Outstanding.

In January 2018, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in April 2015. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Liverpool, 30% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).