SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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
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. ?
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. ?
Wheathills House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 40 other homes in Derbyshire.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Richard Whitehouse, Wheathills House is a residential care home in Ashbourne, Derbyshire with 30 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people.
CQC last rated the home in July 2021, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for effective, responsive and well-led as well. Safe and caring were rated Good. Its rating before that, in November 2020, was the same. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 33% of ratings in Derbyshire are as old (how rating age varies by council).
Across Derbyshire, 81% 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 93% of homes in Derbyshire. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. Westwood, 2.8 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
