Residential care home · Wigan

Barley Brook

Elmfield Road, Wigan, WN1 2RG

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago

CQC rating

Good
Published 29 December 2022 Rated 3 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

  • July 2021GoodSECRW
  • December 2020Inspected, no new rating
  • February 2020Requires improvementSECRW
  • July 2017GoodSECRW
  • February 2016Requires improvementSECRW
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  • April 2015Requires improvementSECRW
  • December 2014InadequateSECRW

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How it compares in Wigan

Barley Brook is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 3 other homes in Wigan. 91% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 4 (7%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 5 (8%)
  • Good 37 (61%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 4 (7%)
  • Requires improvement 5 (8%)
  • Not yet rated 6 (10%)

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  • Kingshill
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  • DIL Terrace
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About Barley Brook

Barley Brook is a 28-bed residential care home in Wigan, run by Rosewood Health Care Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults.

3 other homes in Wigan share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from May 2026. In Wigan, 64% of homes score 5. Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.

The current CQC rating is Good, published in December 2022. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from July 2021.