SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?38%Inadequate
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?50%Requires improvement
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?40%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSignificant shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySignificant shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSignificant shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?50%Requires improvement
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Person-centred careSignificant shortfalls
Providing InformationSignificant shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 9 good, 24 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. ?
An independent residential care home in Bury, Lancashire, Ash Cottage is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 24 beds. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia.
There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. In Lancashire, 83% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2026. 77% of homes in Lancashire also score 5. The nearest home with a higher rating is Chatterton Hey (Good), 1.2 km away.
CQC last rated the home in April 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated safe as Inadequate. Before that, in January 2023, it was rated Good. The typical rating in Lancashire is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found significant shortfalls in “independence, choice and control”, one of 24 standards out of 33 scored below good.
