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West Lodge Care Home
Nursing Care
6 February 2025
West Lodge Care Home (Nottingham) Limited.
27 beds
How this home compares nearby
Of 73 care homes for older people within 5 miles, 5 are rated higher by CQC, 52 are the same and 16 are lower.
21 of these nearby homes have been inspected more recently than this one.
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Rating history
- Jun 2016
- Feb 2019
- Aug 2021
- Mar 2023
- Mar 2025
Improved from Requires Improvement to Good in 2025. CQC has rated this home 5 times since 2016.
Source: CQC inspection reports. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Costs and who runs this home
This is the only care home West Lodge Care Home (Nottingham) Limited. runs in England.
Average care home fees in the East Midlands: £958 a week for residential care and £1,250 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.
- NHS-funded Nursing Care pays £267.68 a week to the home towards registered nursing care for eligible residents (2026/27). A quoted fee may already exclude it.
- This home lists dementia care, which usually costs more than standard residential care. See dementia care home costs. NHS Continuing Healthcare may apply where someone's needs are primarily health needs.
- How to pay for a care home explains the council means test, what counts as capital and the funding you can ask to be assessed for.
About West Lodge Care Home
West Lodge Care Home is a nursing home in Nottingham, providing care for older people and people living with dementia. Details of the CQC's most recent findings are set out below.
West Lodge Care Home provides personal care and support to older people and people living with dementia, caring for 18 people at the time of the assessment. The CQC previously rated the home requires improvement, with breaches relating to consent, safe care, staffing and governance. Inspectors found these issues had since been resolved, with clearer risk management, sufficient staffing, proper training and stronger oversight under a new manager, and the home is now rated Good overall.
People told inspectors they felt safe, involved in decisions about their care, and well looked after. Feedback described staff as exceptionally caring and attentive to individual preferences, with meals also praised highly.
Source: CQC assessment, 11 March 2025
Specialist Care
Fees and availability
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Care and inspection details
Checked against the CQC register on 21 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.
- Registered service
- Care home service with nursing
- Registered capacity
- 27 places — this is not a vacancy count
- Registration checked
- Registered · NG5 1FB
Registered care categories
Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Dementia; Physical disabilities.
These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.
CQC ratings in more detail
Overall rating shown by CQC: .
Assessment published 11 March 2025. Assessment date recorded: 6 February 2025.
Read CQC's assessment overview
The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 11 March 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.
Date of assessment 10 February 2025. West Lodge Care Home is a ‘care home’ providing personal care and support to older people and people living with dementia. At the time of the assessment, the service was supporting 18 people with their personal care needs. West Lodge Care Home was last rated requires improvement (published 19 December 2024). At our last assessment we found improvement was needed and the service was in breach of legal regulations in relation to need for consent, safe care and treatment, staffing and good governance. At this assessment we found improvements had been made and the service was no longer in breach of legal regulations. We found a clear process and system to ensure the Mental Capacity Act was followed and risk management plans had been put into place to ensure people were receiving safe care and treatment. We observed sufficient staffing during our visit to meet people’s needs. The provider had ensured staff had completed any required training to ensure they had the skills and competencies to carry out their role. A new manager had been recruited who had implemented new systems and processes to ensure there was effective oversight of the service.
- Safe
- Effective
- Caring
- Responsive
- Well-led
Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.
5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit
When visiting West Lodge Care Home, consider asking...
- 1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
- 2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
- 3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
- 4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
- 5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?
5 Things to Look For on Your Visit
When you visit West Lodge Care Home, look out for...
- 1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
- 2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
- 3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
- 4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
- 5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?
Could the NHS fund West Lodge Care Home's fees?
The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.
Location
238 Hucknall Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 1FB

West Lodge Care Home
CQC overall rating
Assessment date: 6 February 2025
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