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Care home

Low Lane House

18 Low Lane, Middlesbrough, TS5 8EA · Middlesbrough · North East

6 beds · operated by Action for Care Limited

CQC overall rating
Good11 Aug 2023

Diligence verdict

Rated Good overall, but the rating is 2 years old, and 1 of this operator's 9 rated homes are below Good.

Age of rating
2 years old — published 11 Aug 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
1 of 9 of Action for Care Limited's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeGood11 Aug 2023
EffectiveGood11 Aug 2023
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old13 Aug 2019
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old13 Aug 2019
Well-ledGood11 Aug 2023

Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

Same operator — 8 other locations

Other active services registered to Action for Care Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Broom LodgeGood6 Jan 2023rating 3+ yrs oldCounty Durham
Northfield HouseGood17 Jun 2025North Yorkshire
OaklandsGood14 Jan 2020rating 3+ yrs oldNorth Yorkshire
SpringwoodGood11 Dec 2021rating 3+ yrs oldStockton-on-Tees
The LodgeRequires improvement30 Apr 2026North Yorkshire
The LodgeGood6 Oct 2017rating 3+ yrs oldNorth Yorkshire
The OrchardGood10 Jan 2020rating 3+ yrs oldNorth Yorkshire
Willow ViewOutstanding28 Feb 2020rating 3+ yrs oldKirklees

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
30 Aug 2018
Beds
6
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-5034463164

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.