SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
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?95%★Outstanding
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Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?79%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Learning, improvement and innovationExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 5 exceptional, 4 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. ?
Rossendale House Care Home is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 12 other homes in Lancashire.
83% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Danforth Care No. 1 Limited runs Rossendale House Care Home, a residential care home in Burnley, Lancashire with room for 66 residents. 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.
In Lancashire, 83% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in November 2025. 77% of homes in Lancashire also score 5. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. 2 of Danforth Care No. 1 Limited’s 3 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).
CQC last rated the home in September 2026, giving it Good overall. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Good. CQC rated caring as Outstanding. The typical rating in Lancashire is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 4 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “person-centred care”.
