Chirnside House
- Care home
- 30 beds
- No nursing
- Dementia care
- Registered since 2010
- Lancashire, North West
Requires improvement
Rated on
Rating from the Care Quality Commission.
At a glance
3 ratings
Its last inspection moved it down from Good to Requires improvement.
3 years
since the latest rating was published. A rating this old may not show how the service is today.
61 of 381
rated care homes in Lancashire are rated Requires improvement, like this one.
Chirnside House: inspection record
Rated Requires improvement in June 2023, down from Good.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Ashton Manor Care Home (Good, 0.4 miles away) and Nazareth House - Lancaster (Good, 0.8 miles away).
Nearest care homes:
- G Ashton Manor Care Home Good, 0.4 miles away
- G Nazareth House - Lancaster Good, 0.8 miles away
- G Moorside Hall Good, 1.2 miles away
- G Laurel Bank Good, 1.5 miles away
- – Longcroft No overall rating, 1.5 miles away
About the service
From the Care Quality Commission's inspection report published 13 June 2023. Quoted under the Open Government Licence.
Chirnside House is a residential care home providing personal care to up to 30 people. The service provides support to older people and people living with dementia. At the time of our inspection there were 19 people using the service.
Read the rest of CQC's summary
Chirnside House is one large, adapted building over 2 floors with private bedrooms and many different communal areas, and garden areas outside.
What inspectors found
The provider did not have governance systems in place to monitor the performance of the service.
Read the rest of CQC's summary
The provider did not have robust recruitment systems in place to ensure all staff were fit and proper persons. There were systems in place that had gaps or were outdated.
The provider was being supported by a pharmacist to ensure best practice with medicines administration and some systems were new and not yet embedded.
We found the care demonstrated to be of good quality and feedback from almost all the people we talked with was very positive about everything in the home, stating the care was good, they felt safe, and the home was well managed.
The service was going beyond best practice with regards to infection prevention and control to ensure the safety of people.
The registered manager was transparent when seeking to learn lessons from events that happened in the home to improve the service and embraced a continuous learning approach.
People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice.
Questions to ask when you visit
- Safe was rated Requires improvement on 13 June 2023. Ask how medicines are managed, how staffing levels are decided and how incidents are reviewed.
- Well-led was rated Requires improvement on 13 June 2023. Ask about changes in management and what has changed since the report.
- The last rating is 3 years old. Ask what has changed since then.
Registration details
- Registered manager
- Claire Holland
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Care home service without nursing
- Who it supports
- Dementia, Older People
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)8 inspection reports, latest 13 June 2023. The reports are on the Care Quality Commission website.
The rating is the Care Quality Commission's. We show it as published and do not change it.
Who runs it
- Provider
- Abbeyfield Lancaster Society Limited(The)Brand: Abbeyfield Society
- Ownership type
- Organisation
- Companies House number
- 00737334 (opens Companies House)
- Charity number
- 230899
Getting help from Lancashire County Council
The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.
- Adult social care at Lancashire County Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 0300 123 6720. Out-of-hours emergencies: 0300 123 6722
- Support for carers
- Paying for care: Lancashire County Council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does Chirnside House provide nursing care?
- No. The Care Quality Commission lists Chirnside House as a care home without nursing.
- How many beds does Chirnside House have?
- The Care Quality Commission's register lists 30 beds at Chirnside House.
- When was Chirnside House last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for Chirnside House was published on 13 June 2023.
- Who runs Chirnside House?
- Chirnside House is run by Abbeyfield Lancaster Society Limited(The).
- What is Chirnside House's CQC rating?
- Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Requires improvement, published on 13 June 2023.
Contact
- Phone
- 01524 541720
- Address
- Abbeyfield Close, Lancaster, LA1 4NL Map (opens Google Maps)
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Ashton Manor Care Home (Good, 0.4 miles away) and Nazareth House - Lancaster (Good, 0.8 miles away).
Nearest care homes:
- G Ashton Manor Care Home Good, 0.4 miles away
- G Nazareth House - Lancaster Good, 0.8 miles away
- G Moorside Hall Good, 1.2 miles away
- G Laurel Bank Good, 1.5 miles away
- – Longcroft No overall rating, 1.5 miles away