Nursing home · Lancashire

Hulton House Care Residence

Lightfoot Green Lane, Lightfoot Green, Preston, PR4 0AP

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago ↑ Up from Inadequate

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 8 August 2023 Rated 3 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

  • May 2023InadequateSECRW
  • January 2022Inspected, no new rating
  • May 2021Requires improvementSECRW
  • March 2021Inspected, no new rating
  • October 2020InadequateSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Lancashire

Hulton House Care Residence is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 65 other homes in Lancashire. 83% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 14 (3%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 13 (3%)
  • Good 258 (62%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 41 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 66 (16%)
  • Inadequate 1 (0%)
  • Not yet rated 20 (5%)

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Hulton House Care Residence in brief

London and Manchester Healthcare (Fulwood) Limited runs Hulton House Care Residence, a nursing home in Preston, Lancashire with room for 74 residents. CQC registers it to look after 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 Lancashire are smaller: the median there is 28 beds.

Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in September 2025. 77% of homes in Lancashire also score 5. Across Lancashire, 83% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Dovehaven Lodge, 1.4 km away, is the closest home rated Good.

CQC rated it Requires improvement overall and in all five key questions in August 2023. Its previous rating, in May 2023, was Inadequate, so the home has improved.