Residential care home · Lancashire

Woodlands Home for Older People

Warwick Avenue, Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington, BB5 5RW

Good Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 4 years ago ↑ Up from Req. improvement

CQC rating

Good
Published 26 April 2022 Rated 4 years ago ?
  • 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?Good

Earlier ratings ?

  • December 2020Inspected, no new rating
  • May 2019Requires improvementSECRW
  • October 2016GoodSECRW

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How it compares in Lancashire

Woodlands Home for Older People is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 40 other homes in Lancashire. 83% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 14 (3%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 13 (3%)
  • Good 258 (62%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 41 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 66 (16%)
  • Inadequate 1 (0%)
  • Not yet rated 20 (5%)

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  • Hope House
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  • Altham Care Home
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Clayton Brook House
    Accrington, Lancashire · BB5 5LT · Residential care home · 7 beds1.3 km
    Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Willow Lodge
    Accrington, Lancashire · BB5 5EF · Residential care home · 6 beds1.5 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Merlewood House
    Great Harwood, Lancashire · BB6 7RF · Residential care home · 6 beds1.7 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago

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Other homes run by Lancashire County Council

23 care homes in total: 2 Outstanding, 17 Good, 4 Requires improvement.

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About Woodlands Home for Older People

Lancashire County Council runs Woodlands Home for Older People, a residential care home in Accrington, Lancashire with room for 50 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. That is larger than most homes in Lancashire, where the typical home has 28 beds.

Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. 19 of Lancashire County Council’s 23 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). 40 other homes in Lancashire share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from February 2026. 77% of homes in Lancashire also score 5.

CQC last rated the home in April 2022, giving it Good overall. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. Safe was rated Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in May 2019, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved.