- Care home
West Wood Care Home
Assessment report published 6 July 2026
Contents
Ratings
Our view of the service
Date of Inspection: 21 May 2026 to 19 June 2026.
The service is a purpose built residential care home. They provide care and support needs to younger and older people. The service supports people living with dementia, a physical disability or sensory impairment. At the time of our inspection, there were 37 people living in the service. However, they can accommodate up to 70 people.
We conducted this inspection to follow up enforcement action that was taken at the last inspection. We found the service was under new management and had significantly improved. The provider was previously in breach of the regulations relating to safe care and treatment and good governance. Improvements were found at this inspection, and the provider was no longer in breach of these regulations.
Risks to people’s safety and wellbeing had improved, they had appropriate risk assessments in place and ensured healthcare professionals were involved where required. Policies had been reviewed and amended to ensure staff supported people safely. Infection control measures had been increased to ensure the environment was a clean place for people to live in. Medicines were managed in a safe way. Staffing levels had increased to reflect the needs of people in the service.
We informed the provider the 1st floor was still not an appropriate environment for people living with dementia, they acknowledged this and confirmed they were implementing a dementia framework across their organisation. The provider had increased their governance oversight and embedded several new initiatives in the service to support staffs’ wellbeing. They ensured audits were completed accurately and reflective of the service and ensured actions were monitored and completed in a timely manner. Daily meetings were undertaken by heads of departments 7 days a week to ensure communication levels were maintained.
We received mixed feedback from healthcare professionals that visited the service, some felt there was a good working relationship while others felt there were issues and felt staffs’knowledge around dementia needed to be improved and guidance given to be embedded more within people’s care plans. We raised this with the provider, and they had plans to meet with healthcare professionals to review and resolve issues identified.
This service has been in Special Measures since 08 January 2026. The provider demonstrated improvements have been made. The service is no longer rated as inadequate overall or in any of the key questions. Therefore, this service is no longer in Special Measures.
People's experience of this service
We spoke to 9 people and 11 relatives. We received mainly positive feedback from them. There were concerns raised by some people around the staffing levels. We asked do you think there is enough staff, some comments were, “To be honest no, sometimes I have to wait. Sometimes it is first thing on a morning doesn't appear to be enough staff to help,” and “At the moment I think they are coping but more people, you would need more staff.”
All other feedback we received from people and relatives was positive within the care home. We asked people if they were happy with the home and comments received were, “I think you would struggle to find some faults," “Yes, I do, it’s given me a meaning, I wouldn't change anything,” and, “I miss my home, but If I had to choose any care home to live in then it would be this one.”