SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Consent to 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?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 28 good, 5 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. ?
West Lancashire 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%).
West Lancashire Short Break Services is one of 413 care homes in Lancashire: a 6-bed residential care home in Skelmersdale, run by Lancashire County Council. It is registered to care for older people, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Lancashire, where the median is 28 beds.
Of the 5 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.
In September 2025, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. That is down from Outstanding in October 2017. The typical rating in Lancashire is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 5 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “assessing needs”.
