Princess Alexandra Home For The Blind
Princess Alexandra Home For The Blind is a care home in Blackpool, run by The Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Society for the Blind. CQC rated it Good overall in January 2024 (last checked 26 January 2024). It has 40 beds. It is registered to support older people, people with a sensory impairment and people with a learning disability or autism.
- Care home without nursing
Bosworth Place, Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 1SH
What CQC says
Overall rating
The service is performing well and meeting expectations.
The same as the rating before it (Good, 26 January 2019).
Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)Last checked by CQC: 26 January 2024.
The five key questions
CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.
Is it safe?
Goodrated 2 years ago (26 January 2024)Is it effective?
Goodrated 7 years ago (26 January 2019)Is it caring?
Goodrated 7 years ago (26 January 2019)Is it responsive to people’s needs?
Goodrated 7 years ago (26 January 2019)Is it well-led?
Goodrated 2 years ago (26 January 2024)
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Understanding this rating
Plain facts about how CQC rates and inspects services, as CQC describes them. This is not advice and not a rating of ours.
This rating is from January 2024. That is more than 2 years ago. A service can change a lot in that time, for better or worse. CQC decides when to inspect again.
Questions you could ask
- What has changed since the last inspection?
How often CQC looks again
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Earlier ratings
Overall ratings this service had before, newest first. These are CQC’s own earlier ratings.
- Good26 January 2019Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Good30 June 2016Read the report (opens in a new tab)
About this service
- Type of care
- Care home without nursing
- Who it supports
- Older people, Sensory impairment, Learning disability or autism
- Number of beds
- 40
- Nursing care
- No, personal care only
- Registered since
- 17 January 2011
- Local council area
- Blackpool
Who runs it
- Provider
- The Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Society for the Blind
- Kind of provider
- Company or organisation