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Care homes in Blackburn with Darwen

There are 34 registered care homes in Blackburn with Darwen, 10 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 1,051 registered beds, an average of 31 a home. 31 have a CQC rating, and 81% of those are Good or Outstanding. 6 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Blackburn with Darwen 10Residential care homes in Blackburn with Darwen 24Dementia care homes in Blackburn with Darwen 19

Towns:BlackburnDarwen

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The homes

What Blackburn with Darwen pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£649 a week£319 less than the middle council in England (£968), the 152nd highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£818 a week£267 less than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 141st highest of 151.

This is what the council spent, averaged over every placement it paid for, not a fee anyone is quoted. People paying for themselves are usually charged more: the Competition and Markets Authority found a 41% gap on average in 2017. Nursing figures exclude NHS-funded nursing care, which the NHS pays to the home on top. Source: Department of Health and Social Care, Adult social care finance report 2024-25. Every council compared