Nursing home · Sefton

Birkdale Park Nursing Home

6 Lulworth Road, Southport, PR8 2AT

Good Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 8 years ago ↑ Up from Req. improvement New owner since June 2024

CQC rating

Good
Published 2 June 2018 Rated 8 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good

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. ?

The home changed owner in June 2024. Its rating dates from before the change. ?

This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • June 2017Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • February 2015GoodSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

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How it compares in Sefton

Birkdale Park Nursing Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 10 other homes in Sefton. 79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 3 (3%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 7 (6%)
  • Good 64 (58%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 11 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 21 (19%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 4 (4%)

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About Birkdale Park Nursing Home

An independent nursing home in Southport, Sefton, Birkdale Park Nursing Home is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 36 beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults.

Across Sefton, 79% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2026. 94% of homes in Sefton also score 5. Birkdale Park Limited has run the home since June 2024, when it changed owner. About 0.2 km away, Tudor Bank Nursing Home is rated Outstanding.

The current CQC rating is Good, published in June 2018. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. CQC rated safe as Requires improvement. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Before that, in June 2017, it was rated Requires improvement. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Sefton, 53% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).