SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
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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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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
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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?64%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 25 good, 8 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. ?
Ideal Carehomes Limited runs Woodthorpe Lodge, a residential care home in Loughborough, Leicestershire with room for 66 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Leicestershire has 30 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
11 of Ideal Carehomes Limited’s 11 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. 94 other homes in Leicestershire share its tier, “Good”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from June 2026. In Leicestershire, 82% of homes score 5.
Its CQC rating, from September 2025, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Its rating before that, in April 2021, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Leicestershire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 8 fell below good. The lowest was “consent to care and treatment” (some shortfalls).
