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Northwood Nursing & Residential CareBlackburn with Darwen

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Rated:GoodNursing

Northwood Nursing & Residential Care

206 Preston New Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 6PN

0125457208

Care Type

Nursing Care

Assessment date

15 July 2024

Provider

Northwood Complex Care Ltd

Beds

27 beds

Rating history

Requires ImprovementOct 2018
Requires ImprovementAug 2019
GoodJul 2021
GoodFeb 2022
GoodOct 2022
Requires ImprovementSept 2023
GoodSept 2024

Improved from Requires Improvement to Good in 2024. CQC has rated this home 7 times since 2018.

Source: CQC inspection reports. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Costs and who runs this home

Run by Northwood Complex Care Ltd, which runs 2 care homes in England: 1 rated Good and 1 not yet rated.

Average care home fees in the North West: £882 a week for residential care and £1,196 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

NHS-funded Nursing Care pays £267.68 a week to the home towards registered nursing care for eligible residents (2026/27). A quoted fee may already exclude it.
This home lists dementia care, which usually costs more than standard residential care. See dementia care home costs. NHS Continuing Healthcare may apply where someone's needs are primarily health needs.
How to pay for a care home explains the council means test, what counts as capital and the funding you can ask to be assessed for.

About Northwood Nursing & Residential Care

Northwood Nursing & Residential Care is a nursing home in Blackburn with Darwen, providing accommodation with nursing and residential care. Details of the most recent CQC findings are set out below.

Northwood Nursing and Residential Care provides accommodation and nursing care for up to 27 people across a building with bedrooms on three floors. At the time of the assessment, all 27 places were occupied, with the home supporting people needing residential and nursing support.

The CQC found the home to be Good overall, though it remains in breach of regulations around the safe management of medicines, with an action plan required to address this. Inspectors noted that risks relating to the environment and storage had since been assessed and improved. People living there and their relatives spoke positively about the kindness and respect shown by staff.

Source: CQC assessment, 10 September 2024

Specialist Care

DementiaLearning disabilitiesOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesSensory impairmentsYounger adults

Practical details from the provider

Bus stops are directly outside the home. The provider lists free public parking on Preston New Road and St Silas’s Road.

Published on the provider's website, checked 21 September 2026. Confirm arrangements with the home before deciding.

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 21 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service with nursing
Registered capacity: 27 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · BB2 6PN

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Learning disabilities; 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 10 September 2024. Assessment date recorded: 15 July 2024.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 10 September 2024. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of the assessment: 09 May 2024. Northwood Nursing and Residential Care is a residential care home providing accommodation and nursing care for up to 27 people in one adapted building, with bedrooms over 3 floors. At the time of the inspection there were 27 people living at the service. We decided to assess parts of the safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led key questions. We found that the provider continues to be in breach of regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment) related to medicines. The provider is required to provide an action plan to assure us what they will do to make necessary improvements at the service. The provider now assessed and mitigated risks related to the environment, storage of thickeners and accident and incidents.

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 Northwood Nursing & Residential Care'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 Northwood Nursing & Residential Care, 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 Northwood Nursing & Residential Care, 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 Northwood Nursing & Residential Care'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