SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome 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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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to 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?70%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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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?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
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: 25 good, 8 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. ?
Balmoral Rest Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 4 other homes in Blackpool.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Mr Robert Lambert and Mrs Brenda Lambert runs Balmoral Rest Home, a residential care home in Thornton Cleveleys, Blackpool with room for 32 residents. It is registered to care for older people.
Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Across Blackpool, 79% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from January 2026. 78% of homes in Blackpool also score 5.
CQC last rated the home in December 2025, giving it Good overall. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. CQC rated safe as Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in November 2023, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. Ratings in Blackpool are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found some shortfalls in “kindness, compassion and dignity”, one of 8 standards out of 33 scored below good.
