Care home · Worthing
Amberley Lodge Care Home
Typical fee here £1,660–£2,030 a week Estimate
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- 11 Chaucer Road, Worthing, BN11 4PB
- Run by
- Amberley Lodge Care Home Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 17 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Garden
- Garden for residents (as stated on amberley-lodge.co.uk)
- Registered with CQC
- November 2010 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Dawn Alison Shelley
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2006 (20 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 05881117)
- Last CQC check
- 15 Oct 2022
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia). Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-126329000
An overview of Amberley Lodge Care Home
Amberley Lodge Care Home is a CQC-registered nursing home in Worthing, run by Amberley Lodge Care Home Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (October 2022). It is one of 67 CQC-registered care homes in and around Worthing; 53 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 22 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Willett Lodge, under 0.5 miles away.
12 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Heene ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (2 min), a pharmacy (7 min), a shop (4 min), a park (3 min), a café (4 min), a bus stop (2 min) and a railway station (8 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Ownership and company checks
Amberley Lodge Care Home is run by Amberley Lodge Care Home Limited (company 05881117), incorporated in 2006, 4 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
Costs to expect
We estimate Amberley Lodge Care Home at £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £86k–£106k.
If nursing care is needed, the NHS pays a weekly NHS-funded nursing care contribution directly to the home, whoever pays the rest.
With savings below £23,250, West Sussex Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Track record
Registered in November 2010, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2016–2022), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
No new overall rating has been published for 4 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.
There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 15 October 2022.
Registered specialisms
Registration details from CQC.
What the ratings tell you
Amberley Lodge Care Home has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 232 of the 316 other care homes in West Sussex that CQC has rated.
Key points from CQC's visit
- People received their medicines by nurses who were trained and competent to administer them safely.
- Staff mostly practiced good infection control to help protect people from the COVID-19 pandemic, however, a nurse was seen not to wash their hands between administering medicines to people.
- The registered manager addressed this concern during the inspection.
- Quality assurance processes were not always robust to ensure effective managerial oversight of monitoring systems.
Inspected 26 September 2022; report published 15 October 2022; supporting 17 people at the time. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Rating history
- Jan 2016
- Mar 2017
- Oct 2019
- Mar 2022
- Oct 2022
- Today Rating 4 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 15 October 2022
- CQC inspection report 17 March 2022
- CQC inspection report 19 October 2019
- CQC inspection report 3 March 2017
- CQC inspection report 7 January 2016
- Inspection report 25 February 2014
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 7 November 2023 by Worthing. Food is a big part of daily life in a home, so ask about menus, choice and mealtimes.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Amberley Lodge Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Where it is
- Ward
- Heene
- Parliamentary constituency
- Worthing West
- Integrated care board
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BN11 (56)
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Around the building
- Bus stop 120 m (2 min walk) · 24 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Worthing, 650 m (8 min walk)
- GP surgery Heene Road Surgery, 120 m (2 min walk)
- Pharmacy Paydens, 540 m (7 min walk)
- Shop Heene Convenience Store, 290 m (4 min walk)
- Park Victoria Park, 210 m (3 min walk)
- Café Heene Road Coffee, 300 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship St Matthew, 240 m (3 min walk)
- Library Worthing Library, 860 m (11 min walk)
Straight-line distances to the nearest of each, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Walking routes are longer; check for hills and crossings if you plan to take a relative out.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe267 of 317 in West Sussex
- Effective289 of 317 in West Sussex
- Caring294 of 317 in West Sussex
- Responsive286 of 317 in West Sussex
- Well-led233 of 317 in West Sussex
From CQC's latest report, published 15 October 2022. Under each rating: how many care homes in West Sussex share it.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Amberley Lodge Care Home on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews come from people who used the service or their families, verified by email. They sit alongside, not instead of, CQC ratings, and providers cannot take them down. How reviews work.
Amberley Lodge Care Home against its area
- Rated Good. Across West Sussex, 84% of the 317 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 12 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (October 2022) is more recent than 46% of care home ratings in West Sussex.
- With 17 beds it is smaller than 72% of care homes in West Sussex, where the typical home has 28.
- Registered with CQC in 2010, it is one of the longest-registered care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in West Sussex lists 3.
All figures compare it with other care homes in West Sussex; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Amberley Lodge Care Home questions answered
- How recent is Amberley Lodge Care Home's CQC rating?
- 15 October 2022 is when the current rating was published, 4 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Can Amberley Lodge Care Home care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- Is Amberley Lodge Care Home registered with CQC?
- Yes. Amberley Lodge Care Home is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-126329000) and was rated Good overall in October 2022.
- What is Amberley Lodge Care Home's address?
- It is at 11 Chaucer Road, Worthing, BN11 4PB.
- What kind of care can Amberley Lodge Care Home offer?
- Its CQC registration covers nursing homes. Ask Amberley Lodge Care Home how it would adapt if needs increase.
- How is Amberley Lodge Care Home rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- How much does care from Amberley Lodge Care Home cost?
- Amberley Lodge Care Home has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,100–£1,600 a week (typical 2026 prices in West Sussex). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- Which provider runs Amberley Lodge Care Home?
- Amberley Lodge Care Home is run by Amberley Lodge Care Home Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How many beds does Amberley Lodge Care Home have?
- Amberley Lodge Care Home can take up to 17 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
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