Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 17 good, 16 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. ?
Alexandra Nursing Home - Poulton-le-Fylde is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 65 other homes in Lancashire.
83% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Alexandra Nursing Home - Poulton-le-Fylde
An independent nursing home in Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire, Alexandra Nursing Home - Poulton-le-Fylde is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 117 beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Lancashire are smaller: the median there is 28 beds.
CQC last rated the home in October 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Before that, in January 2024, it was rated Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Lancashire, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 16 fell below good. The lowest was “medicines optimisation” (significant shortfalls).
