SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?0%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
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
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?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 28 good, 5 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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. ?
Stella House Residential Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 11 other homes in Wakefield.
75% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Stella House Residential Care Home
Stella House Residential Care Home is a 40-bed residential care home in Pontefract, Wakefield, run by Mr & Mrs J Fieldhouse. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. The typical home in Wakefield has 22 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC last rated the home in March 2026, giving it Good overall. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from October 2018. The typical rating in Wakefield is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found significant shortfalls in “medicines optimisation”, one of 5 standards out of 33 scored below good.
2 of Mr & Mrs J Fieldhouse’s 2 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in October 2026. That is true of 88% of homes in Wakefield. In Wakefield, 75% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
