Residential care home · Liverpool

Broughton House Residential Home

37-39 Ashfield Road, Liverpool, L17 0BY

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 14 August 2025 Rated 1 year ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown2 of 8 below good
    • Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
    • Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
    • 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
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 6 good
    • 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?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
    • Independence, choice and controlGood
    • Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
    • Responding to people's immediate needsGood
    • Treating people as individualsGood
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • 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?57%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown4 of 7 below good
    • Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
    • Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
    • Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Partnerships and communitiesGood
    • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood

Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?

CQC scored 33 standards: 27 good, 6 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • March 2021Inspected, no new rating
  • August 2018GoodSECRW
  • June 2016Requires improvementSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Liverpool

Broughton House Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 21 other homes in Liverpool. 67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 3 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 3 (4%)
  • Good 35 (41%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 13 (15%)
  • Requires improvement 22 (26%)
  • Inadequate 5 (6%)
  • Not yet rated 4 (5%)

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Care homes nearby

  • St Josephs
    Liverpool · L17 0AN · Residential care home · 18 beds0.3 km
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  • Redholme Memory Care Limited
    Liverpool · L18 8BX · Nursing home · 55 beds0.8 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago
  • Stapely Residential and Nursing Home
    Liverpool · L18 8BR · Nursing home · 97 beds1.0 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 5 years ago
  • Stapely Residential and Nursing Home
    Liverpool · L18 8BR · Nursing home · 56 beds1.0 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 5 years ago
  • Glenarie Manor Nursing Home
    Liverpool · L17 4JG · Nursing home · 26 beds1.0 km
    Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Pelham Grove Care Home
    Liverpool · L17 8XD · Residential care home · 35 beds1.0 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 7 months ago

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Broughton House Residential Home in brief

Run by Mike Pownall Limited, Broughton House Residential Home is a residential care home in Liverpool with 30 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people.

21 other homes in Liverpool share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from January 2026. In Liverpool, 64% of homes score 5. The nearest home with a higher rating is St Josephs (Good), 0.3 km away.

CQC last rated the home in August 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Before that, in August 2018, it was rated Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Liverpool, where the typical rating is about 2 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 6 fell below good. The lowest was “infection prevention and control” (significant shortfalls).