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Residential care home · Sefton

Birkdale Tower Care Home

8 Oxford Road, Southport, PR8 2JR

Requires improvement SafeEffectiveCaringResponsiveWell-led Rated 4 years ago
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Birkdale Tower Care Home is a residential care home in Southport, run by Sandstone Care North West Limited. It has 55 registered beds and supports older people, people living with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.

CQC rated it Requires improvement overall in October 2021. It was rated Good for caring. This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. Across Sefton, 79% of the 107 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding.

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 15 October 2021 Rated 4 years ago
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Rating inherited from this home's previous registration (for example after a change of provider).

Read the full inspection report on cqc.org.uk ↗

How it compares in Sefton

Birkdale Tower Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier, alongside 20 other homes in Sefton. Of the 107 rated care homes here, 79% are Good or Outstanding (England: 83%).

  • Outstanding 3 (3%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 7 (6%)
  • Good 64 (58%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 11 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 21 (19%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 4 (4%)

Half of Sefton's ratings are more than 5.4 years old. How tiers work

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The provider's other homes

Sandstone Care North West Limited runs 7 care homes registered with CQC: 4 Good, 3 Requires improvement.

  • Dalton Court Care Home
    Cockermouth, Cumberland · CA13 0RJ · Nursing home · 60 beds
    Good SECRW Rated 3 years ago
  • Fleetwood Hall
    Fleetwood, Lancashire · FY7 8RW · Residential care home · 62 beds
    Good SECRW Rated 4 years ago
  • Longridge Hall and Lodge
    Preston, Lancashire · PR3 2PD · Residential care home · 60 beds
    Good SECRW Rated 3 years ago
  • St Helens Hall and Lodge
    St. Helens · WA9 5EL · Residential care home · 94 beds
    Good SECRW Rated 2 years ago
  • Burscough Manor
    Ormskirk, Lancashire · L40 7SU · Nursing home · 80 beds
    Requires improvement SECRW Rated 3 years ago
  • Parklands Care Home
    Southport, Sefton · PR9 9JL · Nursing home · 70 beds
    Requires improvement SECRW Rated 5 years ago

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