SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
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?90%★Outstanding
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Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Responding to people's immediate needsExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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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
Person-centred careExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%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
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 25 good, 5 exceptional, 3 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. ?
Belsfield House is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 1 other home in Blackpool.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Belsfield House is one of 63 care homes in Blackpool: a 40-bed nursing home in Blackpool, run by Ryecourt Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. Most homes in Blackpool are smaller: the median there is 24 beds.
The nearest home with a higher rating is North Shore Nursing home (Outstanding), 0.1 km away. Ryecourt Limited runs 2 care homes, and all 2 rated are Good or Outstanding. 1 other home in Blackpool share its tier, “Good, with Outstanding areas”. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in April 2025. 78% of homes in Blackpool also score 5.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in December 2025. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. For caring, the rating was Outstanding. That is up from Requires improvement in October 2022. That is more recent than most ratings in Blackpool, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 3 fell below good. The lowest was “providing information” (some shortfalls).
