Residential care home · Walsall

Leighswood

186 Lichfield Road, Rushall, Walsall, WS4 1ED

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 16 September 2022 Rated 4 years ago ?
  • 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?Good
  • 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

Earlier ratings ?

  • February 2022Inspected, no new rating
  • October 2020Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • February 2020InadequateSECRW previous owner
  • March 2019Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • March 2018Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
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  • February 2018InadequateSECRW previous owner
  • August 2017InadequateSECRW previous owner
  • April 2017InadequateSECRW previous owner
  • March 2016Requires improvementSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Walsall

Leighswood is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 17 other homes in Walsall. 67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 2 (3%)
  • Good 27 (44%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 10 (16%)
  • Requires improvement 18 (29%)
  • Inadequate 1 (2%)
  • Not yet rated 4 (6%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Rushall Care Home
    Walsall · WS4 1SA · Nursing home · 39 beds0.5 km
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  • Harden Hall
    Walsall · WS3 1RF · Residential care home · 54 beds0.8 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Pegasus Care – Harden
    Walsall · WS3 1RQ · Residential care home · 6 beds0.9 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago
  • Alexia Court Care Home
    Walsall · WS3 1BT · Nursing home · 36 beds1.2 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: Requires improvementW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • Housing 21 - The Watermill
    Walsall · WS3 1SJ · Residential care home · 40 beds1.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 months ago
  • Mill Lodge Residential Care Home
    Walsall · WS4 1BU · Residential care home · 20 beds1.5 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 months ago

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Leighswood at a glance

Leighswood is one of 62 care homes in Walsall: a 23-bed residential care home in Walsall, run by LRCH LTD. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.

The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in September 2022. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. For caring, the rating was Good. Its rating before that, in October 2020, was the same.

Across Walsall, 67% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2026. That is true of 74% of homes in Walsall. The nearest home with a higher rating is Harden Hall (Good), 0.8 km away.