Woodlands Home for Older People

Accrington, BB5 · Established 02/0 · Operated by Lancashire County Council

A CQC-regulated home-care provider serving Accrington, registered since 02/0. Rated Good at its most recent CQC inspection (26/04/2022).

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What the CQC found

The five questions inspectors ask, and how Woodlands scored.

Safe

Requires improvement

People are protected from abuse and avoidable harm.

Effective

Good

Care achieves good outcomes and quality of life.

Caring

Good

Staff treat people with compassion, dignity, respect.

Responsive

Good

Services are tailored to people's needs.

Well-led

Good

Leadership and culture support quality care.

In their own words: what inspectors said

“Strong working relationships with external healthcare professionals ensured consistent, coordinated care.”
CQC inspection report, Apr 2022

“People's diverse needs including culture, religion and diet were documented and met in practice.”
CQC inspection report, Apr 2022

“Provider had robust quality monitoring systems including audits, action plans and senior operations manager oversight.”
CQC inspection report, Apr 2022

Inspection history

The trajectory matters as much as the latest rating.

Apr 2022
Good
Woodlands Home for Older People improved its overall rating from Requires Improvement to Good, though Safe remained Requires Improvement due to PPE non-compliance, an unupdated falls risk assessment, incomplete staff recruitment records, and absence of acciden…
Oct 2021
Requires improvement
Woodlands Home for Older People declined from Good to Requires Improvement overall, with shortfalls in staffing levels at night, medicines management, consent/MCA compliance, infection control, and governance systems. Caring and Responsive domains remained Goo…
Dec 2020
Not rated
This was a targeted IPC inspection of Woodlands Home for Older People (50-bed residential care home) conducted on 8 December 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CQC was assured across all eight IPC domains assessed; no rating was applied as this was…
Jan 2020
Good
Woodlands Home for Older People received a Good rating across all five key questions at its inspection on 26–27 September 2016, demonstrating safe, well-managed care with strong staff training, person-centred support planning and effective governance systems.…

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

Services offered

What Woodlands does

✓Residential homes
✓Homecare agencies

Services as registered with the CQC. Specifics vary; ask the agency directly.

Areas served

Where they cover

Registered at BB5 5RW in Accrington. Service area not formally published; we recommend asking the agency directly when requesting a quote.

BB5

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