Working at Barton Lodge
45 Birdsfoot Lane, Luton, LU3 2DN
Operated by Barton Lodge Ltd
70 bedsNursing homes
Workplace Score
6.3/10
AI analysis of latest data
Our AI workplace review
PlainSight AI Review
Last updated: 10 February 2026
Score: 6.3/10
Key Finding
"Approachable leadership and supportive culture with strong safety practices, although staffing levels sometimes dip at nights and weekends."
Safety & Risk
7/10
✓
Proactive safety culture with additional audits on bedrails and repositioning; effective safeguarding and safe medicines with routine audits, minor PRN documentation gap.
Staff Culture
7/10
✓
Staff described management as really good and supportive with open door policy, felt confident to speak up and involved in changes with personal support examples.
Staffing Levels
5/10
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Mixed feedback from relatives about staffing sometimes enough but up and down, concerns at nights and weekends; observed enough during visits.
Training & Dev
6/10
✓
Staff received additional training workshops in record keeping and person-centred care, regular supervision, and medicines training with competence assessments.
Management
7/10
✓
People, staff and relatives complimentary about approachable and responsive leadership team who acted on previous improvements with new audits and shared learning.
Programmes
6/10
✓
Activities team organised musicians, gardening days and animal visits based on life histories; gardening events now regular from feedback.
Points to consider
Staffing levels are mostly enough but relatives say it's sometimes not enough, especially at nights and weekends.
A relative said, “Sometimes there seems to be enough staff and other times there seems to be not enough, in the lounge there are enough staff, sometimes a bit up and down. Mostly enough.” And “I think they need more staff at nights and weekends.”
AI Generated
CQC Inspection Overview
CQC Inspection
Last inspected: July 2025
Good
Safe
✓
Good
Effective
✓
Good
Caring
✓
Good
Responsive
✓
Good
Management Quality
Well-led: Good
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