Care home · Leigh
Lakeview
Illustrative photo, not of Lakeview- Address
- 121 Ena Crescent, Leigh, WN7 5ET
- Run by
- Lakeview Health Care Limited
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 30 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- July 2018 (8 years)
- Part of
- Exemplar Health Care Limited
- Registered manager
- Rebecca Johnson
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2018 (8 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 11272136)
- Last CQC check
- 24 Oct 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,420–£1,730 a week for nursing care (dementia). Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-5405079721
About Lakeview
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, Lakeview is based in Leigh, run by Lakeview Health Care Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities and mental health conditions.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (October 2025). It is one of 9 CQC-registered care homes in and around Leigh; 6 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Track record
CQC registration dates from July 2018, so the service has been operating for around 8 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2019–2025), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 2 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
CQC lists 4 reports for this location, the latest dated 25 January 2023.
What the ratings tell you
Lakeview 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 43 of the 52 other care homes in Wigan that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Well-led at 82% and its lowest is Caring at 70%, averaging 74% overall.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 23 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Westleigh Lodge, under 0.5 miles away.
1 of the 23 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Leigh West ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Greater Manchester ICB.
Detailed scores
CQC's single assessment framework gives every quality statement a score out of 4, then reports each key question as a percentage. Averaged across the five areas, Lakeview scores 74%.
Safe 72%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation2 · Some shortfalls
Effective 75%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 70%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement2 · Some shortfalls
Responsive 71%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity2 · Some shortfalls
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 82%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion4 · Exceptional
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities4 · Exceptional
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Key: 4 = exceptional, 3 = good, 2 = some shortfalls, 1 = significant shortfalls. Source: CQC, assessed 28 August 2025, published 24 October 2025, Open Government Licence. Unscored statements weren't reviewed this time and keep their previous result.
Past CQC ratings
- Sep 2019
- Jun 2021
- Jul 2022
- Jan 2023
- Oct 2025
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Published CQC ratings in date order. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 25 January 2023
- CQC inspection report 15 July 2022
- CQC inspection report 23 June 2021
- CQC inspection report 6 September 2019
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 3 (generally satisfactory), from an inspection on 20 May 2026 by Wigan. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Lakeview Health Care"). Open Government Licence.
Area and map
- Ward
- Leigh West
- Council
- Wigan Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Leigh and Atherton
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in WN7 (9)
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Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
Costs to expect
We estimate Lakeview at £1,420–£1,730 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £74k–£90k.
For residents assessed as needing nursing, a weekly NHS contribution goes straight to the home towards the fee, whoever pays the rest.
With savings below £23,250, Wigan Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Needs it is registered to meet
Registration details from CQC.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe72% score48 of 53 in Wigan
- Effective75% score48 of 53 in Wigan
- Caring70% score48 of 53 in Wigan
- Responsive71% score47 of 53 in Wigan
- Well-led82% score44 of 53 in Wigan
As rated by CQC, published 24 October 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Wigan share it.
Ownership and company checks
Lakeview is run by Lakeview Health Care Limited (company 11272136), incorporated in 2018.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is nursing care.
It trades under the Exemplar Health Care Limited brand, which covers 58 services run by 58 registered providers.
From the latest CQC inspection
- The staff at the service care for adults with complex needs arising from brain injuries, dementia, mental health conditions and neuro-disabilities. The provider promoted safety and ensured risks were assessed and managed effectively.
- Staff understood their safeguarding responsibilities and acted appropriately when concerns were raised.
- Safeguarding systems were in place to protect people from the risk of harm or abuse.
- One person told us “I wouldn’t be where I am without the support of here.” Most people said they felt safe, staff were friendly, and the care home was clean and tidy.
Inspected 25 November 2022; report published 25 January 2023. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Family reviews
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Wigan, 92% of the 53 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 4 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (October 2025) is more recent than 89% of care home ratings in Wigan.
- With 30 beds it is smaller than 71% of care homes in Wigan, where the typical home has 40.
- Registered with CQC in 2018: it has been registered longer than 42% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Wigan lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Wigan (Oct 2026).
Also nearby
Guides for families
Other care homes near Leigh with recent ratings
- Bedford Care HomeNov 2024
- Hourigan House Residential Care HomeFeb 2026
Lakeview questions answered
- Which provider runs Lakeview?
- Lakeview Health Care Limited is the registered provider for Lakeview.
- How many residents can Lakeview take?
- Lakeview has 30 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Is Lakeview rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Lakeview: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- How much does care from Lakeview cost?
- We don't have published prices from Lakeview yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,100 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North West). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- What type of care does Lakeview provide?
- Lakeview is registered for nursing homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Is Lakeview regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Registered, yes: location 1-5405079721 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in October 2025.
- Where is Lakeview based?
- It is at 121 Ena Crescent, Leigh, WN7 5ET.
- How recent is Lakeview's CQC rating?
- The rating now shown was published on 24 October 2025. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Does Lakeview support people with dementia?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
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