SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
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?Requires improvement
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. ?
St James House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 4 other homes in Blackburn with Darwen.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Mr Devshi Odedra And Mr Keshav Khistria, St James House is a residential care home in Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen with 30 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from February 2026. 77% of homes in Blackburn with Darwen also score 5. Across Blackburn with Darwen, 81% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. About 0.3 km away, Moorland View Care Home is rated Good.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in February 2022. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its rating before that, in March 2020, was the same.
