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Downshaw Lodge, Ashton Under Lyne — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

Care homes/Tamesidelocal authority/Ashton Under Lynetown · city/Downshaw Lodge

Downshaw Lodge

Nursing homes · 45 beds · Downshaw Road, Ashton Under Lyne OL7 9QL

✓ Verified record · data of 14 June 2026Part of QualiaUnclaimed · auto generated from official sources

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Homesplace Grade · stable

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Is Downshaw Lodge any good?

On the evidence, Downshaw Lodge has a record with one watch point. It was rated Requires improvement at its latest inspection (3 Oct 2024). The watch point: safe is rated requires improvement at the current inspection. Worth asking about on a visit.

CQC inspection · 3 Oct 2024CQC register · manager history

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Safe is rated Requires improvement at the current inspection.

Safe is one of the two most heavily weighted key questions in the Homesplace Grade. Rated at the inspection published 3 October 2024.

The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 3 Oct 2024

Requires improvementoverall

Safe: ● Requires improvement
Effective: ● Requires improvement
Caring: ● Good
Responsive: ● Requires improvement
Well led: ● Requires improvement

Rating trajectory

all inspections on record

Rated Requires improvement at every inspection on record.

Requires improvement

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Oct 2024

Leadership stability

No manager changes in five years. Stable leadership supports quality, which is why we track it.

C. Babici · current registered manager
since Jul 2017 · 8 yrs 11 mo

Enforcement and breaches

✓No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 14 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

45 beds
Nursing homes
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Dementia
Physical disabilities
Sensory impairment

CQC register · 14 June 2026

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