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?Good
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. ?
Mother Red Caps Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 26 other homes in Wirral.
70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Mother Redcaps Care Home Limited, Mother Red Caps Home is a nursing home in Wallasey, Wirral with 51 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in Wirral, where the typical home has 28 beds.
CQC last rated the home in January 2024, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. Caring and responsive were rated Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in September 2022.
Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in January 2026. 84% of homes in Wirral score the top mark of 5. In Wirral, 70% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). 1 of Mother Redcaps Care Home Limited’s 2 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). The nearest home with a higher rating is Elgin Lodge (Good), 0.1 km away.
