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Orchard Lodge Care Home, Leighton Buzzard — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

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Orchard Lodge Care Home

Nursing homes · 28 beds · Stanbridge Road, Tilsworth, Leighton Buzzard LU7 9PN

✓ Verified record · data of 13 June 2026Unclaimed · auto generated from official sources

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Homesplace Grade · stable

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Is Orchard Lodge Care Home any good?

On the evidence, Orchard Lodge Care Home has a record with 2 watch points. It was rated Requires improvement at its latest inspection (18 Jun 2021). The watch points: this service has not been inspected since 18 june 2021; safe is rated requires improvement at the current inspection. Worth asking about on a visit.

CQC inspection · 18 Jun 2021CQC register · manager history

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This service has not been inspected since 18 June 2021.

That is 60 months ago. Ratings may not reflect current quality. The average gap between inspections for services like this is 22 months.

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The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 18 Jun 2021

Requires improvementoverall

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

Rating trajectory

all inspections on record

Rated Requires improvement at every inspection on record.

Requires improvement

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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 18 June 2021.

Jun 2021

Leadership stability

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

A. Sohun · current registered manager
since Jan 2011 · 15 yrs 4 mo

Enforcement and breaches

✓No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 13 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

28 beds
Nursing homes
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Physical disabilities

CQC register · 13 June 2026

Food hygiene rating

FHRS

5

Very good

5 / 5

Food Standards Agency · 8 October 2025factored into the Homesplace Grade

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