- Care home
Wallfield
Assessment report published 14 July 2025
Contents
On this page
- Overview
- Shared direction and culture
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders
- Freedom to speak up
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion
- Governance, management and sustainability
- Partnerships and communities
- Learning, improvement and innovation
Well-led
Well-led – this means we looked for evidence that service leadership, management and governance assured high-quality, person-centred care; supported learning and innovation; and promoted an open, fair culture.
At our last assessment we rated this key question requires improvement. At this assessment the rating has changed to good.
This meant the service was consistently managed and well-led. Leaders and the culture they created promoted high-quality, person-centred care.
This service scored 75 (out of 100) for this area. Find out what we look at when we assess this area and How we calculate these scores.
We did not look at Shared direction and culture during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Well-led.
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders
We did not look at Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Well-led.
Freedom to speak up
We did not look at Freedom to speak up during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Well-led.
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion
We did not look at Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Well-led.
Governance, management and sustainability
At our previous assessment we found the provider had failed to consistently identify shortfalls and drive improvements when shortfalls had been identified. At this inspection we found improvements had been made.
The service had introduced measures to ensure all statutory notifications were submitted to CQC. Services we regulate have a statutory responsibility to notify CQC about certain events that occur in a service. The service now had clear staff responsibilities, roles and systems of accountability.
Staff spoke positively about the registered manager. One staff member told us, “The registered manager is person and staff centred.” Another staff member said, “The registered manager is very approachable. I can speak to the registered manager regarding anything.”
Partnerships and communities
We did not look at Partnerships and communities during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Well-led.
Learning, improvement and innovation
We did not look at Learning, improvement and innovation during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Well-led.