Sandybrook
Sandy Lane, Lower Darwen, Blackburn, BB3 0PU
North West · Blackburn with Darwen · residential
Inadequate
Key question ratings
- Safe
- Inadequate
- Caring
- Requires improvement
- Well-led
- Inadequate
- Effective
- Requires improvement
- Responsive
- Requires improvement
Inspection history
| Published | Overall | Change | Transition | AI summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-01 | Inadequate | new | Unrated→Inadequate | Sandybrook received an Inadequate rating because the residential care home failed to ensure people's safety through multiple serious breaches including unsafe medicine management, inadequate staffing levels, unsafe recruitment practices, poor infection control, and environmental hazards. Additionally, governance and oversight were ineffective, with audits failing to identify risks and previous recommendations remaining unresolved. |
| 2021-02-03 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — | |
| 2020-09-16 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — | |
| 2020-01-08 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — | |
| 2019-01-23 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — | |
| 2016-05-10 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — | |
| 2014-06-17 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — | |
| 2013-05-21 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — | |
| 2012-07-17 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — |