Blackburn · BB2 6LY
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Birchfield Residential Care Home is listed as a residential care home. The historical inspection rating, published before the current registration, is Good (Mar 2023).
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The rating history records Good, published before the current registration. Review the dates and any findings below; a data review is not a new inspection.
This rating was published before the current registration. Read it alongside the registration and inspection history below.
Listed support includes wheelchair access, secure garden or area, palliative or end-of-life support. Confirm the support and environment needed for the individual person.
What type of care is provided
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Available information about staffing arrangements. Family descriptions of staff appear in the family experiences section; they are not verified staffing levels.
Published fees help you plan your budget. Assessed needs, room type and extras can change your written quote.
Published weekly fees
From £110/week
From ≈ £478 per month (estimate)
Monthly estimate uses an average of 4.348 weeks per month. Published fees may be older; confirm today’s written quote, included care and any extras with the home.
You may pay less if council or NHS-funded care applies.
This compares a published starting fee with a council-funded rate for the same care category. It is price context, not a rating of care quality or a personalised quote. Self-funded fees and included services may differ.
The benchmark period is unavailable here. Treat it as background context and confirm current rates and fees.
Council-rate context (Blackburn with Darwen, residential): £800/wk
The published starting fee is at or below this council benchmark.
You pay the full fee directly if assessable capital exceeds £23,250. Between £14,250 and £23,250, tariff income applies.
Your council contributes based on a financial assessment. You may still pay a contribution.
The NHS pays the full cost if your primary need is health-related. Requires a formal assessment.
Funding options depend on individual eligibility and the arrangements the home accepts. Our Care Home Funding Report gives a screening indication for NHS-funded care, council support and Deferred Payment Agreements.
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Background context
Provider and registration context for Birchfield Residential Care Home, useful once you have already reviewed the main decision sections above.
Birchfield Residential Care Home is a residential care home in Blackburn, North West, operated by Birchfield Residential Care Home Limited since 2025. The home has 24 beds and is an inspection rating of Good in its history, published before the current registration.
Contact & location
Travel time, nearby GP services, and neighbourhood safety — so the whole family can visit comfortably.
9a-11 Gorse Road, Blackburn, BB2 6LY
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Nearest green space
456m away
Daily Life
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Next Steps
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What are staffing levels on day and night shifts?
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How are families updated when needs change?
How often is the care plan reviewed, and who is involved?
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The rating history records Good, published before the current registration. The inspection report was published on 21 March 2023.
The rating history records Good, published before the current registration. The inspection report was published on 21 March 2023. Explore family feedback alongside the inspection findings and your visit questions. The combined public feedback rating is 5.0 out of 5. No current enforcement actions are recorded. Provider records: 2 director resignations were recorded in the last year. The safest next step is to compare these signals with your visit questions and care needs.
Weekly fees at Birchfield Residential Care Home: From £110/week. Costs may vary depending on the level of care required.
Birchfield Residential Care Home accepts self-funding, local authority funded, and NHS Continuing Healthcare residents. For NHS Continuing Healthcare eligibility, refer to NHS guidelines.
Birchfield Residential Care Home is registered as a residential care home. Personal care is the listed service. Ask how visiting clinicians and overnight clinical needs are supported.
Birchfield Residential Care Home has 24 registered beds. Personal care is the listed service.
Explore family feedback alongside the inspection findings and your visit questions. The combined public feedback rating is 5.0 out of 5.
Birchfield Residential Care Home's public feedback assessment is useful, but it should not be the only reason to choose the home. Treat it as one evidence layer, then compare it with the inspection rating, safety and well-led domains, weekly fees, funding fit, and provider-record questions. Reviews are strongest when they confirm the same strengths or concerns that appear in inspection evidence and your visit questions.
The published inspection Safety rating for Birchfield Residential Care Home is "Good". This rating history predates the current registration. No enforcement actions are currently recorded.
Birchfield Residential Care Home is operated by BIRCHFIELD RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME LIMITED (Company registration number: 16246993). Ownership type: private_equity.
There are no current enforcement actions recorded against Birchfield Residential Care Home in the inspection history.
Birchfield Residential Care Home's provider public-record check is: 2 points worth clarifying. This public-record detail may be useful to discuss with the provider before you decide. This is not a credit rating, solvency assessment or prediction about the home.
Ask Birchfield Residential Care Home how care is kept consistent when staffing or residents' needs change, how families are informed about management changes, and what the contract says about notice periods and deposits. Discuss these points with the manager during your visit and ask for key commitments in writing.
Before choosing Birchfield Residential Care Home, compare published inspection overall, Safe, and Well-Led ratings with their inspection history, family review volume and repeated themes, published weekly fees and what is included, funding routes accepted by the home, and the operator’s public company records. Compare these points with other care homes in Blackburn to find the best fit for your relative’s care needs, budget and visiting arrangements.
Birchfield Residential Care Home's weekly fees (From £110/week) are below area average when compared with the local care home benchmark. Final weekly costs can vary depending on the level of care required.
Start by comparing Birchfield Residential Care Home's published weekly fees with the local care home benchmark. On this page, those fees look below area average. Lower pricing can be a good sign for affordability, but families should still check what is and is not included in the weekly rate. The safest way to judge value is to compare price against care fit, inspection strength, and the unanswered questions you still have after reviewing the page.
Birchfield Residential Care Home currently has a food hygiene hygiene rating of 5 out of 5. The food hygiene record is dated 4 November 2025.
When visiting Birchfield Residential Care Home, start by asking the team to ask to see the latest inspection report and what has changed since it, ask how staffing levels work on day and night shifts, and ask how families are updated when needs change. These questions help you test whether the public picture on this page still matches day-to-day reality inside the home.
Our visit checklist for Birchfield Residential Care Home starts with the basics families often miss: the latest inspection report, staffing levels across day and night shifts, how the team updates relatives when needs change, and how care plans are reviewed in practice. On RightCareHome, the page-level checklist is then extended with personalised follow-up questions based on the home’s inspection, review, provider-record and practical signals.
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Published fees help you plan your budget. Assessed needs, room type and extras can change your written quote.
Published weekly fees
From £110/week
From ≈ £478 per month (estimate)
Monthly estimate uses an average of 4.348 weeks per month. Published fees may be older; confirm today’s written quote, included care and any extras with the home.
You may pay less if council or NHS-funded care applies.
This compares a published starting fee with a council-funded rate for the same care category. It is price context, not a rating of care quality or a personalised quote. Self-funded fees and included services may differ.
The benchmark period is unavailable here. Treat it as background context and confirm current rates and fees.
Council-rate context (Blackburn with Darwen, residential): £800/wk
The published starting fee is at or below this council benchmark.
You pay the full fee directly if assessable capital exceeds £23,250. Between £14,250 and £23,250, tariff income applies.
Your council contributes based on a financial assessment. You may still pay a contribution.
The NHS pays the full cost if your primary need is health-related. Requires a formal assessment.
Funding options depend on individual eligibility and the arrangements the home accepts. Our Care Home Funding Report gives a screening indication for NHS-funded care, council support and Deferred Payment Agreements.
Check Funding Routes — £69Takes under 10 minutes · One-off payment · No subscription
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Questions for your visit
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Useful before a visit
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We have not recorded a latest filed accounts date for the linked company.
This is an information gap in the current profile, not a negative finding.
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Worth asking
2 director resignations were recorded in the last year.
Director changes do not by themselves show instability at the registered manager or care-team level.
Ask: Who is currently accountable for provider-level decisions, and has local management changed?
We matched this home to BIRCHFIELD RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME LIMITED · Company no. 16246993. An account date is not available for this check.
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BIRCHFIELD RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME LIMITED
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We use public records to highlight useful questions. This is not a credit rating, solvency assessment, care-quality rating or prediction about this home.
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