- Residential substance misuse service
The Lighthouse
Assessment report published 4 November 2026
Contents
Ratings - Residential substance misuse services
Our view of the service
We inspected the Lighthouse on 22nd September 2026.
The Lighthouse is a residential detoxification and rehabilitation service that can support up to 11 men and women, aged 18 to 65 years requiring support for drug and alcohol misuse. At the time of the inspection there were 9 people using the service.
The service has been registered with the Care Quality Commission since May 2017 to provide accommodation for persons who require treatment for substance misuse.
The service has a registered manager in post since 2023.
The service was last inspected in April 2023 and was rated Requires Improvement with breaches of regulation 10 HSCA(RA) Regulations 2014 Dignity and respect and regulation 12 HSCA(RA) Regulations 2014 Safe care and treatment.
At this inspection we rated the service as Good overall and found it was no longer in breach of regulations.
People's experience of this service
We spoke with 6 people using the service who all had positive feedback about the care they were receiving. People spoke highly of staff, saying ‘I don’t think I could have come to a better place. All the staff are amazing, helpful and always smiling’, ‘Staff are great, everyone is so helpful’, ‘the way staff run this place is perfect, I can’t fault them’.
People told us they felt safe at the service and were learning a lot about their substance use. They told us the service was clean, comfortable and the food was very good.