SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
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: 17 good, 16 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. ?
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. ?
HC-One Limited runs Worsley Lodge, a residential care home in Manchester, Salford with room for 48 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people and younger adults. The typical home in Salford has 31 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in July 2026. Safe, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective and caring, the rating was Good. Before that, in November 2018, it was rated Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Salford, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “safe and effective staffing”, one of 16 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2026. That is true of 65% of homes in Salford. Across Salford, 76% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. About 0.0 km away, Worsley Lodge is rated Good. It is one of 66 homes run by HC-One Limited. 54 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment.
