SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%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?61%Requires improvement
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Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 29 good, 4 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. ?
Westmead 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%).
Run by The Bridge Community Care Limited, Westmead is a residential care home in Castleford, Wakefield with 9 registered beds. It is registered to care for people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. The typical home in Wakefield has 22 beds, so this one is on the small side.
CQC's latest rating, from April 2025, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in January 2023, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. Ratings in Wakefield are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found some shortfalls in “freedom to speak up”, one of 4 standards out of 33 scored below good.
11 other homes in Wakefield share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. 6 of The Bridge Community Care Limited’s 6 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
