SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 20 good, 13 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. ?
Birch Hall Care Centre is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 4 other homes in Blackburn with Darwen.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Birch Hall Care Centre is a 80-bed nursing home in Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen, run by Grange Healthcare Ltd. 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, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Blackburn with Darwen are smaller: the median there is 26 beds.
Grange Healthcare Ltd runs 2 care homes, and 1 of the 2 rated are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Oldfield House Residential Care Home (Good), 0.5 km away. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in April 2025. 77% of homes in Blackburn with Darwen also score 5. In Blackburn with Darwen, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
CQC's latest rating, from September 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. That matches its previous rating, from October 2021. That is more recent than most ratings in Blackburn with Darwen, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 13 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “infection prevention and control”.
