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Dawson Lodge

Dawson Lodge is a care home in Southampton, run by Anchor Hanover Group. CQC rated it Requires improvement overall in August 2024 (last checked 16 August 2024). It has 43 beds. It is registered to support people living with dementia, older people and younger adults.

  • Care home without nursing

Botley Road, West End, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 3RS

What CQC says

Overall rating

Requires improvementrated 2 years ago (16 August 2024)

The service is not performing as well as it should.

The same as the rating before it (Requires improvement, 28 March 2023).

Last checked by CQC: 16 August 2024.

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The five key questions

CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.

  • Is it safe?

    Goodrated 2 years ago (16 August 2024)
  • Is it effective?

    Goodrated 2 years ago (16 August 2024)
  • Is it caring?

    Goodrated 2 years ago (16 August 2024)
  • Is it responsive to people’s needs?

    No rating for this question.

  • Is it well-led?

    Requires improvementrated 2 years ago (16 August 2024)

Not sure what the ratings mean? Read how CQC ratings work.

Understanding this rating

Plain facts about how CQC rates and inspects services, as CQC describes them. This is not advice and not a rating of ours.

This rating is from August 2024. That is more than 2 years ago. A service can change a lot in that time, for better or worse. CQC decides when to inspect again.

What CQC looks at

  • Well-led: Requires improvement

    CQC checks how well the service is run. It looks at the managers and leaders, the culture, how the service checks and improves its own quality, and whether staff feel able to speak up.

    Questions you could ask

    • Who is the registered manager, and how can families contact them?
    • How do you check the quality of care yourselves?
    • How can staff raise worries, and how are they supported when they do?

Questions you could ask

  • What has changed since the last inspection?

How often CQC looks again

There is no fixed timetable. CQC decides when to look at a service again. It uses the information it holds about the service and how much risk it sees. It may look sooner if it hears of concerns.

Earlier ratings

Overall ratings this service had before, newest first. These are CQC’s own earlier ratings.

About this service

Type of care
Care home without nursing
Who it supports
Dementia, Older people, Younger adults
Number of beds
43
Nursing care
No, personal care only
Registered since
25 November 2010
Local council area
Hampshire

Who runs it

Provider
Anchor Hanover Group
Brand
BRAND Anchor
Kind of provider
Company or organisation

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