Douglas Bank Nursing Home

Lees Lane, Appley Bridge, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN8 0SZ

01257255823

Care Type

Residential & Nursing Care

Assessment date

4 March 2024

Provider

Tudor Bank Limited

Beds

40 beds

About Douglas Bank Nursing Home

Douglas Bank Nursing Home is based in Lancashire and offers both residential and nursing care. It supports a range of people, including those living with dementia, older people, younger adults, and people with physical disabilities or sensory impairments. The most recent CQC findings are set out below.

Douglas Bank Nursing Home, in Lancashire, provides personal and nursing care to up to 40 people, including those living with dementia, older people, younger adults, people with physical disabilities and people with sensory impairments. Around 32 people were using the service at the time of assessment, and the home holds an overall rating of Good.

Inspectors focused on safety and leadership concerns and found the provider in breach of regulations around safe care and treatment, requiring an action plan for improvement. However, people using the service and their relatives spoke positively, describing staff as friendly, kind and compassionate, and felt welcomed when visiting. Care, effectiveness and responsiveness were all rated Good, though well-led was rated as Requires Improvement.

Source: CQC assessment, 11 July 2024

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesSensory impairmentsYounger adults

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 20 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service with nursing
Registered capacity: 40 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · WN8 0SZ

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Eating disorders; Physical disabilities; Sensory impairment.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Good.

Assessment published 11 July 2024. Assessment date recorded: 4 March 2024.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 11 July 2024. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of assessment: 13 March 2024. Douglas Bank Nursing Home is a residential care home providing personal and nursing care to up to 40 people. The service provides support to people living with dementia, older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. At the time of our inspection there were 32 people using the service. We decided to assess the safe and well-led key questions to look at these concerns. We found that the provider was in breach of regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment). The provider is required to provide an action plan to assure us what they will do to make necessary improvements at the service.

Safe: Good
Effective: Good
Caring: Good
Responsive: Good
Well-led: Requires Improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

Well-led: What has changed in management, checks and oversight since this rating?

These are questions for your visit, not a claim about conditions today.

Read Douglas Bank Nursing Home's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Douglas Bank Nursing Home, consider asking...

1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Douglas Bank Nursing Home, look out for...

1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Douglas Bank Nursing Home's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees