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What the CQC found at Birchfield Residential Care Home

Goodpublished 21 March 2023, 3 years ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the home performing well and meeting their expectations.

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Good
Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?
Good
Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?
Good
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Requires improvement
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Good
Is the home run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Birchfield Residential Care Home.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Birchfield Residential Care Home

4 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. March 2023Goodcurrent rating
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good
  2. March 2022Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  3. August 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. April 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  5. April 2015Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  6. October 2025

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 22 October 2025.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0. A home can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections.

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Most charge £980 to £1,260 a week. 91 can care for a couple. 12 years' experience on average.

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Based about 23 minutes from Blackburn with Darwen. Can care for a couple
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From £907 a week, 2 years caring
Based about 31 minutes from Blackburn with Darwen. Can care for a couple
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