Care home · North Shields

Primrose Lodge Care Home

Rated Requires improvement by CQC Rating published 16 September 2025 Rating 1 year old

Typical fee here £1,230–£1,500 a week Estimate

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Address
Osborne Gardens, North Shields, NE29 9AT
Type of provider
Independent (private company)
Service
Nursing home
Beds
48 (registered with CQC)
Nursing care
Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
Dementia
Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
Registered with CQC
May 2020 (6 years)
Registered manager
*
Company check
Active, trading since 2019 (7 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 12231776)
Last CQC check
16 Sep 2025
Typical fees Estimated
£1,230–£1,500 a week for nursing care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate

Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury

Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-8787027330

About this home

Primrose Lodge Care Home in North Shields is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home, run by Roseberry Care Centres (England) Ltd. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia and physical disabilities among its specialisms.

CQC rated it Requires improvement overall (September 2025). Safe, Caring and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 11 CQC-registered care homes in and around Tynemouth; 7 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Reading Primrose Lodge Care Home's CQC ratings

For Primrose Lodge Care Home, Safe, Caring and Well-led are rated below Good; 2 other areas are Good.

Across North Tyneside, 6 of 41 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (15%), while 3 of 41 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Caring (7%), while 5 of 41 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (12%).

If you are considering it, read the Safe, Caring and Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.

From the latest CQC inspection

  • The assessment commenced on 18 June 2025 and concluded on 30 June 2025.
  • The provider was previously in breach of the legal regulation in relation to medicines management and governance of the service.
  • Staff knew people well and had built up a good rapport with people.
  • People said staff were always caring and kind, but that sometimes staff were rushed.

Inspected 4 May 2023; report published 9 January 2024; supporting 40 people at the time. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.

How its rating has changed

  1. Feb 2016 Requires improvement
  2. May 2016 Requires improvement
  3. Jul 2017 Good
  4. Feb 2020 Good
  5. Apr 2022 Requires improvement
  6. Jan 2023 Requires improvement
  7. Jan 2024 Requires improvement
  8. Sep 2025 Requires Improvement
  9. Today Rating 1 year old

Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is lower than the one before.

Inspection reports to read

Food hygiene

5/5

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 16 September 2025 by North Tyneside. 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 "Primrose Lodge Care Home"). Open Government Licence.

Finding it

Ward
Preston with Preston Grange
Parliamentary constituency
Tynemouth
Integrated care board
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Urban or rural
Urban: nearer to a major town or city
Neighbourhood deprivation
Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
Postcode district
Care homes in NE29 (8)

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Close by

  • Bus stop 60 m (1 min walk) · 20 stops within 600 m
  • Railway station North Shields, 840 m (10 min walk)
  • GP surgery Appleby Surgery, 470 m (6 min walk)
  • Pharmacy Albion Road Pharmacy, 610 m (8 min walk)
  • Shop Lifestyle Express, 210 m (3 min walk)
  • Park Jubilee Corner, 580 m (7 min walk)
  • Café Carole’s Kitchen, 210 m (3 min walk)
  • Place of worship Burial Chapel, 360 m (4 min walk)
  • Library North Shields Library, 780 m (10 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.

Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.

Registered specialisms

Specialisms as registered with CQC.

Each area CQC checks

  • SafeRequires improvement6 of 41 in North Tyneside
  • EffectiveGood37 of 41 in North Tyneside
  • CaringRequires improvement3 of 41 in North Tyneside
  • ResponsiveGood36 of 41 in North Tyneside
  • Well-ledRequires improvement5 of 41 in North Tyneside

Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 16 September 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in North Tyneside share it.

The registered provider

Primrose Lodge Care Home is run by Roseberry Care Centres (england) Ltd (company 12231776), incorporated in 2019.

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, care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse and residential care for older and disabled people.

Roseberry Care Centres (England) Ltd runs 12 CQC-registered services across 7 council areas; 9 of the 12 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (75%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

3 of its services are in North Tyneside.

It trades under the Roseberry Care Centres brand, which covers 26 services run by 4 registered providers.

Primrose Lodge Care Home over the years

CQC registration dates from May 2020, so the service has been operating for around 6 years under its current registration.

CQC has published 8 overall ratings for it (2016–2025), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Requires Improvement.

Reports on record: 3, with the most recent dated 9 January 2024.

Around North Shields

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 The Ferns Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.

9 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Preston with Preston Grange ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (6 min), a pharmacy (8 min), a shop (3 min), a park (7 min), a café (3 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

Likely fees

We estimate Primrose Lodge Care Home at £1,230–£1,500 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £64k–£78k.

Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.

If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), North Tyneside Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.

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Primrose Lodge Care Home in local context

  • Rated Requires improvement. Across North Tyneside, 90% of the 41 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
  • Its rating (September 2025) is more recent than 63% of care home ratings in North Tyneside.
  • With 48 beds it is larger than 53% of care homes in North Tyneside, where the typical home has 44.
  • Registered with CQC in 2020: it has been registered longer than 21% of care homes in the area.
  • It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in North Tyneside lists 4.
  • Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (15% of care homes in North Tyneside are also rated below Good here); Caring (7% of care homes in North Tyneside are also rated below Good here); Well-led (12% of care homes in North Tyneside are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.

Based on the CQC register for North Tyneside as at Oct 2026.

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Questions about Primrose Lodge Care Home

When did CQC last rate Primrose Lodge Care Home?
The rating now shown was published on 16 September 2025, 1 year ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
Does Primrose Lodge Care Home support people with dementia?
Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
What services is Primrose Lodge Care Home registered for?
Primrose Lodge Care Home is registered with CQC for: nursing homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
Is Primrose Lodge Care Home registered with CQC?
It is. The CQC register records Primrose Lodge Care Home as a care home, location ID 1-8787027330 and was rated Requires improvement overall in September 2025.
What is Primrose Lodge Care Home's address?
It is at Osborne Gardens, North Shields, NE29 9AT.
Is Primrose Lodge Care Home rated well for safety?
By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Requires improvement; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
What are Primrose Lodge Care Home's fees?
Primrose Lodge Care Home has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,185 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North East). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
Who is the registered provider for Primrose Lodge Care Home?
The registered provider is Roseberry Care Centres (England) Ltd, according to CQC.
How many beds does Primrose Lodge Care Home have?
CQC capacity for Primrose Lodge Care Home: 48 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.

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