Nursing home · Lincolnshire

The Wolds Care Centre

North Holme Road, Louth, LN11 0JF

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago ↓ Down from Good No registered manager

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 30 April 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?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's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • November 2020Inspected, no new rating
  • December 2019GoodSECRW previous owner
  • March 2016GoodSECRW 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 Lincolnshire

The Wolds Care Centre is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 61 other homes in Lincolnshire. 76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 17 (6%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 9 (3%)
  • Good 148 (53%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 28 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 62 (22%)
  • Inadequate 1 (0%)
  • Not yet rated 14 (5%)

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Care homes nearby

  • The Wolds Care Centre
    Louth, Lincolnshire · LN11 0JF · Nursing home · 66 bedsunder 0.1 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: Requires improvementR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago
  • Meadows Park Care Home
    Louth, Lincolnshire · LN11 0FS · Residential care home · 66 beds0.5 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Madeira House
    Louth, Lincolnshire · LN11 0HD · Residential care home · 51 beds0.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 months ago
  • Fir Close
    Louth, Lincolnshire · LN11 9YH · Residential care home · 36 beds1.2 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
  • Riverside
    Louth, Lincolnshire · LN11 0NJ · Residential care home · 9 beds1.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 months ago
  • Seaton House
    Louth, Lincolnshire · LN11 9AJ · Residential care home · 9 beds1.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated this month

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The Wolds Care Centre at a glance

The Wolds Care Centre is one of 279 care homes in Lincolnshire: a 66-bed nursing home in Louth, run by Louth-W Care Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in Lincolnshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.

In April 2022, CQC gave it Requires improvement overall, and Requires improvement for each of the five key questions too. Its previous rating, in December 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped.

Meadows Park Care Home, 0.5 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Across Lincolnshire, 76% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from November 2025. That is true of 95% of homes in Lincolnshire. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment.