Residential care home · Lancashire

Milbanke Home for Older People

72 Station Road, Kirkham, Preston, PR4 2HA

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 7 March 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?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

Earlier ratings ?

  • October 2019GoodSECRW
  • April 2017GoodSECRW
  • August 2015Requires improvementSECRW

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How it compares in Lancashire

Milbanke Home for Older People 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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Care homes nearby

  • Moor Villa
    Preston, Lancashire · PR4 2AU · Residential care home · 16 beds0.2 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • The Manse Care
    Preston, Lancashire · PR4 2UJ · Nursing home · 44 beds0.5 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Pear Tree House Care Home
    Preston, Lancashire · PR4 3EF · Residential care home · 66 beds0.8 km
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
  • Croft House Rest Home
    Preston, Lancashire · PR4 1HT · Residential care home · 22 beds3.1 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated this month
  • Freckleton Lodge
    Preston, Lancashire · PR4 1HD · Residential care home · 28 beds3.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
  • The Old Vicarage Care Home
    Freckleton, Lancashire · PR4 1RH · Residential care home · 35 beds3.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago

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Other homes run by Lancashire County Council

23 care homes in total: 2 Outstanding, 17 Good, 4 Requires improvement.

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Milbanke Home for Older People at a glance

Milbanke Home for Older People is one of 413 care homes in Lancashire: a 46-bed residential care home in Preston, run by Lancashire County Council. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Lancashire are smaller: the median there is 28 beds.

CQC's latest rating, from March 2023, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. Caring and responsive were rated Good. That is down from Good in October 2019.

It is one of 23 homes run by Lancashire County Council. 19 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. About 0.2 km away, Moor Villa is rated Good. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2026. That is true of 77% of homes in Lancashire. In Lancashire, 83% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).