SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
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
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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
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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?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 31 good, 2 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Eachstep Blackburn is in the Good tier ?, with 20 other homes in Blackburn with Darwen.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Eachstep Blackburn is one of 35 care homes in Blackburn with Darwen: a 64-bed nursing home in Blackburn, run by Park Homes (UK) Limited. Its CQC registration covers 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.
CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in December 2024. That is up from Requires improvement in July 2022. That is more recent than most ratings in Blackburn with Darwen, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found some shortfalls in “assessing needs”, one of 2 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Across Blackburn with Darwen, 81% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. It is one of 12 homes run by Park Homes (UK) Limited. 8 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
