SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 9 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Acorn Lodge Residential Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 12 other homes in Blackpool.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Acorn Lodge Residential Care Home
Run by Pro Care Homes (Blackpool) Limited, Acorn Lodge Residential Care Home is a residential care home in Blackpool with 10 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with mental health needs. That is smaller than most homes in Blackpool, where the typical home has 24 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in June 2026. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Before that, in April 2018, it was rated Good. Ratings in Blackpool are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 9 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “safe environments”.
It is one of 4 homes run by Pro Care Homes (Blackpool) Limited. 3 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Glenthorne Rest Home Limited, 0.2 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in April 2025. That is true of 78% of homes in Blackpool. In Blackpool, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment.
