SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
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?68%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
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: 22 good, 11 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. ?
Run by Healycare Limited, Adam House is a residential care home in Burnley, Lancashire with 6 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. It is a small home for Lancashire, where the median is 28 beds.
CQC last rated the home in January 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its rating before that, in December 2018, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Lancashire, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 11 fell below good. The lowest was “involving people to manage risks” (significant shortfalls).
The nearest home with a higher rating is Healy House (Good), 0.0 km away. Healycare Limited runs 4 care homes, and 3 of the 4 rated are Good or Outstanding. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from September 2017. 77% of homes in Lancashire score the top mark of 5. Across Lancashire, 83% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
