Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 years ago↓ Down from GoodNew owner since May 2026
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?Requires improvement
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 May 2026. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Dove Court Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 65 other homes in Lancashire.
83% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Dove Court Care Home is one of 413 care homes in Lancashire: a 120-bed nursing home in Burnley, run by WT NB OpCo 1 Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in Lancashire, where the typical home has 28 beds.
65 other homes in Lancashire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2025. 77% of homes in Lancashire also score 5. WT NB OpCo 1 Limited has run the home since May 2026, when it changed owner. 19 of WT NB OpCo 1 Limited’s 25 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). About 0.2 km away, Heather Grange is rated Good.
CQC last rated the home in October 2023, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Before that, in December 2017, it was rated Good.
