Residential care home · Lancashire

Adelphi Residential Care Home

35 Queens Road, Chorley, PR7 1LA

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 7 months ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 23 March 2026 Rated 7 months ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown6 of 8 below good
    • Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
    • Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
    • Learning cultureSome shortfalls
    • Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
    • SafeguardingSome shortfalls
    • Medicines optimisationGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 6 below good
    • 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
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
    • 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?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • 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
    • Providing InformationGood
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown3 of 7 below good
    • 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: 23 good, 10 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • March 2021Inspected, no new rating
  • January 2020GoodSECRW
  • December 2018Requires improvementSECRW
  • July 2017GoodSECRW
  • April 2016Requires improvementSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Lancashire

Adelphi Residential Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 65 other homes in Lancashire. 83% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 14 (3%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 13 (3%)
  • Good 258 (62%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 41 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 66 (16%)
  • Inadequate 1 (0%)
  • Not yet rated 20 (5%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Westwood Residential Care Home
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    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago
  • The Grange
    Chorley, Lancashire · PR6 0AL · Residential care home · 26 beds1.0 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Highgrove House
    Chorley, Lancashire · PR7 1PH · Residential care home · 43 beds1.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Gillibrand Hall Nursing Care Home
    Chorley, Lancashire · PR7 2FW · Nursing home · 50 beds1.1 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago
  • Coniston House Care Home
    Chorley, Lancashire · PR7 2JA · Residential care home · 43 beds1.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Rivington Park Care Home
    Chorley, Lancashire · PR6 0ET · Nursing home · 25 beds1.4 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago

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What the data says about Adelphi Residential Care Home

Mr B Brown runs Adelphi Residential Care Home, a residential care home in Chorley, Lancashire with room for 27 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people.

CQC's latest rating, from March 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. That is down from Good in January 2020. That is more recent than most ratings in Lancashire, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 10 fell below good. The lowest was “safe environments” (significant shortfalls).

The nearest home with a higher rating is The Grange (Good), 1.0 km away. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2025. That is true of 77% of homes in Lancashire. 65 other homes in Lancashire share its tier, “Requires improvement”.