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What the CQC found at Oak Lodge Care Home

Goodpublished 31 December 2025, 9 months ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the home performing well and meeting their expectations.

The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Oak Lodge Care Home.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Oak Lodge Care Home

9 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Inadequate.

  1. March 2024Inadequatecurrent ratingstayed Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate
  2. September 2023Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate
  3. October 2021Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. January 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not ratedWell-led: Inspected but not rated
  5. August 2020Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Inspected but not ratedWell-led: Inspected but not rated
  6. May 2019Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  7. November 2018Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  8. March 2018Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate
  9. March 2017Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  10. October 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  11. November 2023

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 17 November 2023.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0. A home can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections.

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Most charge £980 to £1,260 a week. 83 can care for a couple. 11 years' experience on average.

Mary A.
1 review
From £1,260 a week, 8 years caring
Based about 17 minutes from Bromley. Can care for a couple
Usha V.
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From £1,575 a week, 19 years caring
Based about 17 minutes from Bromley. Can care for a couple
Ngbede A.
1 review
From £917 a week, 4 years caring
Based about 17 minutes from Bromley. Can care for a couple
Catherine Njoki Ngaragari A.
1 review
From £1,015 a week, 10 years caring
Based about 19 minutes from Bromley. Can care for a couple
“She cared for my mum with Alzheimer's with endless patience and kindness, always arriving with a smile and a positive attitude”
Marie-anne B., about Carla A.
“Usha rapidly became 'one of the family' and is sorely missed.”
Claire T., about Usha V.
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