The Recovery Lodge

Updated 25 August 2026

The Recovery Lodge is a 6-bedded residential medically monitored detoxification and rehabilitation service based in Kent. The service offers treatment for drug and alcohol addictions as well as maladaptive behaviours such as gambling addiction. The Recovery Lodge provides ongoing abstinence-based treatment, with a focus on the 12-step programme. The service accepts self-referrals and referrals from professionals for both males and females, over the age of 18 years.

The Recovery Lodge was registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on the 14 January 2016 to provide accommodation for persons who require treatment for substance misuse. At the time of the assessment, the service had a registered manager and nominated individual.

An assessment of The Recovery Lodge took place between 30 September 2025 and 17 October 2025. As part of the assessment, we visited the service on 30 September 2025. We undertook this assessment due to an aged rating. We last inspected the service in July 2018 and rated them as good overall. We identified breaches of Regulation 12 - Safe care and treatment.

Following this assessment the rating of the service changed to requires improvement. We identified breaches of Regulation 12 - Safe care and treatment and Regulation 17 - Good governance. Staff did not consistently manage medicines at the service well. Staff did not record and monitor temperatures in areas where medicines were stored. Staff did not prescribe controlled drugs for named people, and they did not record clear dosage instructions for controlled drugs that could be administered at variable doses. Not all staff members responsible for administering medicines had been assessed as competent to do so. Staff did not ensure that risk assessments and management plans were sufficiently robust. Systems and processes to monitor the quality and safety of the service were not consistently effective. Shortfalls identified during the inspection, such as care plans being generic, had not been identified via the provider’s own quality assurance processes. We have asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found at this assessment.

Updated 14 August 2025

The Recovery Lodge is a 6-bedded residential medically monitored detoxification and rehabilitation service based in Kent. The service offers treatment for drug and alcohol addictions as well as maladaptive behaviours such as gambling addiction. The Recovery Lodge provides ongoing abstinence-based treatment, with a focus on the 12-step programme. The service accepts self-referrals and referrals from professionals for both males and females, over the age of 18 years.

The Recovery Lodge was registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on the 14 January 2016 to provide accommodation for persons who require treatment for substance misuse. At the time of the assessment, the service had a registered manager and nominated individual.

An assessment of The Recovery Lodge took place between 30 September 2025 and 17 October 2025. As part of the assessment, we visited the service on 30 September 2025. We undertook this assessment due to an aged rating. We last inspected the service in July 2018 and rated them as good overall. We identified breaches of Regulation 12 - Safe care and treatment.

Following this assessment the rating of the service changed to requires improvement. We identified breaches of Regulation 12 - Safe care and treatment and Regulation 17 - Good governance. Staff did not consistently manage medicines at the service well. Staff did not record and monitor temperatures in areas where medicines were stored. Staff did not prescribe controlled drugs for named people, and they did not record clear dosage instructions for controlled drugs that could be administered at variable doses. Not all staff members responsible for administering medicines had been assessed as competent to do so. Staff did not ensure that risk assessments and management plans were sufficiently robust. Systems and processes to monitor the quality and safety of the service were not consistently effective. Shortfalls identified during the inspection, such as care plans being generic, had not been identified via the provider’s own quality assurance processes. We have asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found at this assessment.