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What the CQC found at Ravensworth Lodge

Requires improvementpublished 16 February 2023, 3 years ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the home was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Requires improvement
Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?
Good
Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?
Good
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Good
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Requires improvement
Is the home run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Ravensworth Lodge.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Ravensworth Lodge

3 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. February 2023Requires improvementcurrent rating
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  2. April 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  3. March 2019Goodstayed Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Good
  4. July 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  5. June 2025

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 19 June 2025.

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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28 live-in carers within about an hour of North Yorkshire

These are self-employed carers on PrimeCarers, the introductory agency that runs this directory. Each has a profile with their own rates and reviews from families, and you choose who to talk to.

Most charge £1,010 to £1,290 a week. 27 can care for a couple. 12 years' experience on average.

Rosemary H.
2 reviews
From £1,470 a week, 4 years caring
Based about 44 minutes from North Yorkshire. Can care for a couple
Evan A.
1 review
From £1,019 a week, 5 years caring
Based about 52 minutes from North Yorkshire. Can care for a couple
Maggie S.
2 reviews
From £1,015 a week, 15 years caring
Based about 55 minutes from North Yorkshire. Can care for a couple
Peckson A.
1 review
From £1,316 a week, 1 year caring
Based about 55 minutes from North Yorkshire. Can care for a couple
“Carla has been a god send with the implementation of bringing mum back home from respite care.”
Claire A., about Carla M.
“She was always 'just present enough': attentive, available, kind and engaging, but without ever over-stepping any boundary”
Beatrice N., about Rosemary H.
See live-in carers near North YorkshireProfiles, rates and reviews are free to look at.

Every carer has had an enhanced DBS check in the last 18 months, ID and right-to-work checks and an online interview. Their skills and training are for you to check with them. Carers set their own rates, and who is free changes week to week.