SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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?Good
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. ?
Preston Short Break Services is in the Good tier ?, with 257 other homes in Lancashire.
83% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Preston Short Break Services is one of 413 care homes in Lancashire: a 6-bed residential care home in Preston, run by Lancashire County Council. CQC registers it to look after people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Lancashire, where the typical home has 28 beds.
Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. It is one of 23 homes run by Lancashire County Council. 19 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Across Lancashire, 83% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
Its CQC rating, from November 2017, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Its rating before that, in February 2015, was the same. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Lancashire, 47% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
