SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
The home changed owner in November 2023. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Hemsworth Park is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 18 other homes in Wakefield.
75% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Hemsworth Park is one of 96 care homes in Wakefield: a 93-bed residential care home in Pontefract, run by Affinity Care Consortium Ltd. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. Most homes in Wakefield are smaller: the median there is 22 beds.
In October 2022, CQC gave it Requires improvement overall, and Requires improvement for each of the five key questions too. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Its rating before that, in February 2020, was the same.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in September 2025. That is true of 88% of homes in Wakefield. In Wakefield, 75% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). It is one of 6 homes run by Affinity Care Consortium Ltd. 2 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. The home changed owner in November 2023. The nearest home with a higher rating is Bollingbroke House (Good), 3.4 km away.
