Nursing home · Nottingham

West Lodge Care Home

238 Hucknall Road, Nottingham, NG5 1FB

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 1 year ago ↑ Up from Req. improvement No registered manager

CQC rating

Good
Published 11 March 2025 Rated 1 year ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 8 good
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Involving people to manage risksGood
    • Learning cultureGood
    • Medicines optimisationGood
    • Safe and effective staffingGood
    • Safe environmentsGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 6 good
    • 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?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
    • Independence, choice and controlGood
    • Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
    • Responding to people's immediate needsGood
    • 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: 33 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 2023Requires improvementSECRW
  • August 2021Requires improvementSECRW
  • March 2021Inspected, no new rating
  • February 2019GoodSECRW previous owner
  • June 2016GoodSECRW previous owner

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 Nottingham

West Lodge Care Home is in the Good tier ?, with 39 other homes in Nottingham. 78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 10 (13%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 1 (1%)
  • Good 40 (53%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 5 (7%)
  • Requires improvement 15 (20%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 4 (5%)

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West Lodge Care Home at a glance

West Lodge Care Home is an independent 27-bed nursing home in Nottingham, registered with CQC under its own name. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability. The typical home in Nottingham has 17 beds, so this one is bigger than average.

In March 2025, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. Its previous rating, in March 2023, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. All 33 standards CQC scored were good.

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from March 2026. That is true of 98% of homes in Nottingham. In Nottingham, 78% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). About 0.5 km away, Acorn House is rated Outstanding. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment.