Source · CQC inspection

Westwood Care Home

Type Social Care Org Region Yorkshire & Humberside Last inspected 16 Sep 2022

Overall rating: Requires Improvement View full CQC report

Domain ratings

Five CQC key questions

Safe

Requires Improvement

Effective

Good

Caring

Good

Responsive

Good

Well-led

Good

Earlier inspection findings

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

Must-do actions (1)

Legal requirements based on regulation breaches identified during inspection.

Must-do action 1 of 1

Must do

Safe

The provider failed to ensure proper and safe management of medicines. This is a continued breach of regulation 12 (safe care and treatment) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. Regulation 12(2)(g)

Regulation: Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)

⚠ Staff who supported people with medicines had not always received appropriate training to do so. Competency checks to ensure staff had the knowledge and skills to safely administer medications were not always completed or up to date. Protocols to guide staff on when to administer 'as and when required medication' …

Should-do actions (1)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should-do action 1 of 1

Should do

Well-led

Further work was required to ensure formal feedback from relatives was collected and used to improve the quality of the service.

Location details

CQC ID: 1-112073334

Local authority: North Yorkshire

Region: Yorkshire & Humberside

Inspection report

Type: Focused inspection

Date: 16 September 2022

Rating: Requires Improvement

Actions: 1 must-do 1 should-do

AI-extracted 17 Feb 2026