Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↑ Up from Inadequate
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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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?62%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSignificant shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?62%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySignificant shortfalls
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
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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: 21 good, 12 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. ?
Ferncross Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 65 other homes in Lancashire.
83% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Ferncross Residential Home
Ferncross Residential Home is one of 413 care homes in Lancashire: a 14-bed residential care home in Morecambe, run by Ferncross Care LTD. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia. The typical home in Lancashire has 28 beds, so this one is on the small side.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in December 2024. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. That is up from Inadequate in January 2024. Ratings in Lancashire are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 12 fell below good. The lowest was “workforce wellbeing and enablement” (significant shortfalls).
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from September 2026. 77% of homes in Lancashire score the top mark of 5. 65 other homes in Lancashire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. About 0.2 km away, Lakeland View Care Centre is rated Good. 0 of Ferncross Care LTD’s 2 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).
