Grove Lodge
Grove Lodge is a care home in Dorchester, run by Hyde Crook Nursing Home Limited. CQC rated it Good overall in November 2025 (last checked 13 November 2025). It has 22 beds. It is registered to support people living with dementia and older people.
- Care home without nursing
Hyde Crook, Frampton, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9NW
What CQC says
Overall rating
The service is performing well and meeting expectations.
Up from Requires improvement, 15 March 2023.
Last checked by CQC: 13 November 2025.
The five key questions
CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.
Is it safe?
Goodrated 11 months ago (13 November 2025)Is it effective?
Goodrated 11 months ago (13 November 2025)Is it caring?
Goodrated 11 months ago (13 November 2025)Is it responsive to people’s needs?
Goodrated 11 months ago (13 November 2025)Is it well-led?
Requires improvementrated 11 months ago (13 November 2025)
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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.
CQC rated it Good overall. It rated “Well-led” as Requires improvement.
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?
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.
- Requires improvement15 March 2023Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement8 July 2022Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Good19 October 2018Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Good24 June 2016Read the report (opens in a new tab)
About this service
- Type of care
- Care home without nursing
- Who it supports
- Dementia, Older people
- Number of beds
- 22
- Nursing care
- No, personal care only
- Registered since
- 11 January 2011
- Local council area
- Dorset
Who runs it
- Provider
- Hyde Crook Nursing Home Limited
- Kind of provider
- Company or organisation