Birkdale Tower Care Home
8 Oxford Road, Southport, PR8 2JR · Sefton · North West
55 beds · operated by Sandstone Care North West Limited
CQC marks this as an inherited rating — carried over from the location's previous registration (for example after a change of ownership), not from an inspection of the current registration.
Diligence verdict
Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 4 years old, and 3 of this operator's 7 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- SafeRequires improvement15 Oct 2021rating 3+ yrs oldEffectiveRequires improvement15 Oct 2021rating 3+ yrs oldResponsiveRequires improvement15 Oct 2021rating 3+ yrs oldWell-ledRequires improvement15 Oct 2021rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 4 years old — published 15 Oct 2021. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 3 of 7 of Sandstone Care North West Limited's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 15 Oct 2021 |
| Effective | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 15 Oct 2021 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 15 Oct 2021 |
| Responsive | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 15 Oct 2021 |
| Well-led | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 15 Oct 2021 |
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 — 6 other locations
Other active services registered to Sandstone Care North West Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Burscough Manor | Requires improvement25 Oct 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Lancashire |
| Dalton Court Care Home | Good28 Mar 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Cumberland |
| Fleetwood Hall | Good7 Jan 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Lancashire |
| Longridge Hall and Lodge | Good28 Apr 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Lancashire |
| Parklands Care Home | Requires improvement30 Apr 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Sefton |
| St Helens Hall and Lodge | Good13 Sep 2024 | St. Helens |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 24 Sep 2025
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- Sector
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- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-23876820561
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.