SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
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?61%Requires improvement
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
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. ?
Westwood Lodge Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 5 other homes in Newcastle upon Tyne.
91% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Westwood Lodge Care Home is a 44-bed nursing home in Newcastle upon Tyne. The home is its own registered provider. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with mental health needs.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in June 2026. 90% of homes in Newcastle upon Tyne also score 5. 5 other homes in Newcastle upon Tyne share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Lynnwood, 0.1 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
CQC's latest rating, from December 2025, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated effective and caring as Good. That is down from Good in March 2020. The typical rating in Newcastle upon Tyne is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 14 fell below good. The lowest was “medicines optimisation” (significant shortfalls).
