Dinsdale Lodge Care Home
Care home in Hartlepool
What do these badges mean?
- Green Surroundings — Excellent access to parks, playing fields and other green space nearby (OpenStreetMap).
- Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
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About
Dinsdale Lodge Care Home is a 26-bed residential care home in Hartlepool, North East England. The home was rated Good by the Care Quality Commission in 2023, with Good grades across all five key questions: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led.
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 2 February 2023 · Last inspected 9 January 2023
Inspectors found that people living at Dinsdale Lodge said they were happy there. The home was judged to be a safe setting, with regular health and safety checks, managed medicines, identified and managed risks, and staff trained for emergencies and infection control. Staff were described as knowledgeable and working well together, and the home had partnerships with health and social care professionals to join up care.
- Safe environment, with regular health and safety checks and medicines managed safely
- Safeguarding and incident information is analysed for trends, with actions taken to reduce further incidents
- Recruitment is robust and enough staff are deployed to meet people's needs
- Open culture led by the registered manager, with strong partnerships with health and social care professionals and regular feedback sought from people, relatives and staff
Written by AI from the report text and checked against it. Not an official CQC statement. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Read the full report on CQC.
Food hygiene rating
Very good
Food Standards Agency · inspected September 2025
What's nearby
- Set back from main road noise
Straight-line distances. Road and rail noise from government strategic noise mapping (modelled, not measured). A&E departments from the NHS website. Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What’s in the area
Outdoor Spaces
- AllotmentsAdequate
- Play SpaceSparse
- Golf CourseSparse
- Public ParkSparse
- Tennis CourtAdequate
- Bowling GreenAdequate
- Playing FieldSparse
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsAdequate
- Restaurants & CafesSparse
- Retail ShoppingLimited
- SupermarketsAmple
- TakeawaysAdequate
Local crime statistics
645 recorded crimes in the local area (April 2026)
Top categories:
Source: data.police.uk · within 1 mile
Fees and funding
| Care type | Weekly fee | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Residential care | Fees on request | — |
- Funding accepted
- Not stated
Fees depend on the room and the care needed, so ask the home for a written quote. Check who pays with the funding calculator, or see what Hartlepool council pays.
Care fee trajectory
| Year | Council rate (per week) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | £875 |
| 2025 | £917 |
What Hartlepool council pays care homes, and whether it will help with fees
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Local health safety net
Dinsdale Lodge Care Home is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is The James Cook University Hospital, 7.6 miles away. The local GP practice is THE PATEL PRACTICE, 0.2 miles away.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
Community & connection in Hartlepool
Local clubs, charities and support groups that help older residents stay active and connected.
Hartlepool Carers
To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of any benefit of any unpaid Carer who may look after the elderly, sick or people with a disability living or located in the borough of Hartlepool…
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Information last reviewed October 2026.
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