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Old Gates Care Home

Livesey Branch Road, Blackburn, BB2 5BU · Blackburn with Darwen · North West

90 beds · operated by Priory Court Developments Limited, part of We Care Group

CQC overall rating
Good23 Mar 2023rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Good overall, but the rating is 3 years old.

Age of rating
3 years old — published 23 Mar 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
All 4 of Priory Court Developments Limited's rated homes are Good or better. See the operator.

Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeGoodrating 3+ yrs old23 Mar 2023
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old23 Mar 2023
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old23 Mar 2023
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old23 Mar 2023
Well-ledGoodrating 3+ yrs old23 Mar 2023

Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

Same operator — 3 other locations

Other active services registered to Priory Court Developments Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Broadway Nursing HomeGood2 Jun 2018rating 3+ yrs oldBlackpool
Brooklands Care HomeGood26 Nov 2019rating 3+ yrs oldNorth East Lincolnshire
Knowles Court Care HomeGood8 Apr 2025Bradford

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
8 Apr 2022
Beds
90
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-12835302039

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.