Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 5 years ago↑ Up from Inadequate
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. ?
Fern Hill House 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%).
Fern Hill House Care Home is a 24-bed residential care home in Bacup, Lancashire, run by Burwood Care Home Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with mental health needs.
65 other homes in Lancashire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. About 0.4 km away, The Laurels Care and Nursing Home is rated Good.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in April 2021. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in December 2020, was Inadequate, so the home has improved. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Lancashire, 47% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
