Higher Bank Care Home
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Higher Bank Care Home is a comfortable and pleasant care home owned and managed by a family who take great pride in providing quality care over many years.…
- Care home
- Higher Bank Care Home
- Location
- Higher Bank, BB2 6EU, Blackburn, BB2 6EU
- Care types
- Residential
- CQC rating
- Good
- Latest CQC inspection
- 17 February 2021
- Beds
- 22
- Funding accepted
- Self Funding (Private), Local Authority, Local Authority with Top Up, NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
- CQC location ID
- 1-122831495
Rated 4.6/5 from 27 Google reviews.
What families say
Families praise the warm and caring atmosphere at Higher Bank Care Home, with staff going above and beyond to support residents' well-being. The home's activities, entertainment, and outings are also commended, as is the quality of the food. However, one family's experience with the home's administration was…
What the CQC says
Rated Good by the CQC on 6 November 2018.
Good — the service is performing well and meeting CQC’s expectations. What this rating means
The five key questions
- Safe
- Good — Are people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?
- Effective
- Good — Does the care achieve good outcomes and follow best practice?
- Caring
- Good — Are staff kind, respectful and compassionate?
- Responsive
- Good — Is care organised around each person’s needs?
- Well-led
- Good — Is the home well run, open and always improving?
What has changed
- Overall rating unchanged at Good since May 2016.
- Improved: Effective (Requires improvement → Good).
Source: Care Quality Commission — read the full CQC report. Last checked by CareFinder on 13 September 2026.
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