Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 5 years ago↑ Up from InadequateNew owner since September 2024
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. ?
The home changed owner in September 2024. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Run by Focused Support Ltd, The Ferns is a residential care home in Bury with 6 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Bury, where the typical home has 30 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in July 2021. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Its previous rating, in January 2021, was Inadequate, so the home has improved. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Bury, 27% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
Across Bury, 88% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in August 2024. That is true of 76% of homes in Bury. Rookwood Residential Care Home, 0.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good. The home changed owner in September 2024.
