Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 6 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
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?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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Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 26 good, 7 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. ?
Westfield Rest Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 12 other homes in Blackpool.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Arrowsmith Rest Homes Limited, Westfield Rest Home is a residential care home in Blackpool with 17 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with mental health needs.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in April 2026. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Before that, in December 2022, it was rated Good. The typical rating in Blackpool is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 7 fell below good. The lowest was “safe environments” (significant shortfalls).
Across Blackpool, 79% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 4 out of 5 in November 2025. 78% of homes in Blackpool score the top mark of 5. It is one of 2 homes run by Arrowsmith Rest Homes Limited. 1 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Dunblane House, 0.4 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
