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What the CQC found at Blossom Lodge

Inadequatepublished 22 June 2026, 3 months ago

Rated Inadequate: inspectors found the home performing badly and the CQC has taken enforcement action.

The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Blossom Lodge.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Blossom Lodge

3 rated inspections over 4 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. September 2020Requires improvementcurrent ratingdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  2. May 2018Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodCaring: GoodWell-led: Good
  3. January 2017Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. June 2024

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 11 June 2024.

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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At least 99 live-in carers within about an hour of Barnsley

These are self-employed carers on PrimeCarers, the introductory agency that runs this directory. Each has a profile with their own rates and reviews from families, and you choose who to talk to.

Most charge £980 to £1,260 a week. 82 can care for a couple. 12 years' experience on average.

Nomusa M.
1 review
From £1,050 a week, 22 years caring
Based about 5 minutes from Barnsley. Can care for a couple
Jonathan O.
1 review
From £1,036 a week, 3 years caring
Based about 22 minutes from Barnsley. Can care for a couple
Tanaka N.
2 reviews
From £1,131 a week, 4 years caring
Based about 23 minutes from Barnsley. Can care for a couple
saheed kolade i.
1 review
From £1,103 a week, 12 years caring
Based about 23 minutes from Barnsley
“Carla has been a god send with the implementation of bringing mum back home from respite care.”
Claire A., about Carla M.
“Ivy was very kind and gentle in all her dealings with my late mother. They got on very well and were able to share a joke and a laugh.”
Robert P., about Rumbidzai Ivy G.
See live-in carers near BarnsleyProfiles, rates and reviews are free to look at.

Every carer has had an enhanced DBS check in the last 18 months, ID and right-to-work checks and an online interview. Their skills and training are for you to check with them. Carers set their own rates, and who is free changes week to week.