SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?78%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
SafeguardingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsExceptional
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?79%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?95%★Outstanding
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Responding to people's immediate needsExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?89%★Outstanding
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Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 23 good, 10 exceptional. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Ernest Bold Resource Centre is in the Outstanding tier ?, with 3 other homes in Wolverhampton.
67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Ernest Bold Resource Centre is a 8-bed residential care home in Bilston, Wolverhampton, run by City of Wolverhampton Council. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with a sensory impairment and children. That is smaller than most homes in Wolverhampton, where the typical home has 25 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from May 2026, is Outstanding overall. Caring and well-led were also Outstanding. Safe, effective and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in January 2019, was Good, so the home has improved. The typical rating in Wolverhampton is about 2 years old, so this one is fairly recent. None of its 33 scored standards was below good, and 10 were exceptional.
In Wolverhampton, 67% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in January 2021. That is true of 89% of homes in Wolverhampton. City of Wolverhampton Council runs 3 care homes, and 2 of the 3 rated are Good or Outstanding. None of the 6 nearest homes is rated Outstanding.
