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Westwood Residential Care Home

Type Social Care Org Region North West Last inspected 11 Jan 2024

Location rating: Requires Improvement  View location on CQC

Location ratings by domain

Five CQC key questions

Ratings held for this CQC location, last inspected 11 January 2024. Ratings extracted from individual reports are shown separately below.

Safe
Requires Improvement
Effective
Requires Improvement
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Requires Improvement

Most recent report indexed for actions

The date and rating here are from an individual report, not necessarily the location's latest assessment. Report ratings are extracted with AI; verify the original PDF.

Type: Inspection report
Date: 11 January 2024
Rating extracted from this report: Requires improvement
Actions indexed: 2 must-do 1 should-do

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AI-extracted 17 Feb 2026

Earlier inspection findings

pre-2024 framework · 2 must-do 1 should-do

Must-do actions (2)

Legal requirements based on regulation breaches identified during inspection.

Must-do action 1 of 2
Must do
Safe
Systems and processes had not been fully established to assess, monitor and manage safety of the environment. Risks to people were not accurately recorded; and there was a failure to ensure sufficient levels of staff training to meet people's individual needs and keep them safe.
Regulation: Regulation 12 HSCA RA Regulations 2014 Safe care and treatment
⚠ Systems and processes had not been fully established to assess, monitor and manage safety of the environment. Risks to people were not accurately recorded; and there was a failure to ensure sufficient levels of staff training to meet people's individual needs and keep them safe.
Must-do action 2 of 2
Must do
Well-led
Governance and oversight was not robust, and quality assurance processes failed to identify concerns found during this inspection.
Regulation: Regulation 17 HSCA RA Regulations 2014 Good governance
⚠ Governance and oversight was not robust, and quality assurance processes failed to identify concerns found during this inspection.

Should-do actions (1)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should-do action 1 of 1
Should do
Safe
We recommend the provider reviews systems for storing medication and improves records relating to 'when required' medicines.