Residential care home · Leicestershire

Wigston

The Vicarage, Bushloe End, Wigston, LE18 2BA

Requires improvement Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 23 June 2022 Rated 4 years ago ?
  • 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?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

  • January 2021Inspected, no new rating
  • December 2018GoodSECRW
  • June 2016GoodSECRW

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How it compares in Leicestershire

Wigston is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 27 other homes in Leicestershire. 81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 3 (2%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 5 (3%)
  • Good 95 (58%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 20 (12%)
  • Requires improvement 28 (17%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 11 (7%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Apple House
    Wigston, Leicestershire · LE18 2BA · Residential care home · 9 bedsunder 0.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 months ago
  • Magna
    Wigston, Leicestershire · LE18 2BA · Residential care home · 6 bedsunder 0.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • Magna Nursing Home
    Wigston, Leicestershire · LE18 2BP · Nursing home · 36 beds0.2 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Cedar Court Residential and Nursing Home
    Wigston, Leicestershire · LE18 2BP · Nursing home · 52 beds0.2 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago
  • Wigston Lodge
    Wigston, Leicestershire · LE18 2BP · Residential care home · 20 beds0.2 km
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
  • Curtis Weston House
    Wigston, Leicestershire · LE18 1AB · Residential care home · 44 beds0.4 km
    Requires improvement S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago

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Other homes run by Heathcotes Care Limited

53 care homes in total: 2 Outstanding, 43 Good, 7 Requires improvement, 1 Not yet rated.

  • Bridlington
    Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire · YO16 7PE · Residential care home · 12 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago
  • Larkrise
    Sutton · SM2 5RY · Residential care home · 7 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Garmsway
    Goole, North Yorkshire · DN14 0HY · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Knollbeck
    Barnsley, Rotherham · S73 0TT · Residential care home · 8 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • Agbrigg and Sandal
    Wakefield · WF1 5NF · Residential care home · 20 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Alverthorpe
    Wakefield · WF2 9JF · Residential care home · 8 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago

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What the data says about Wigston

Wigston is a 8-bed residential care home in Wigston, Leicestershire, run by Heathcotes Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Leicestershire, where the median is 30 beds.

The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in June 2022. Effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated safe, caring and responsive as Good. That is down from Good in December 2018.

45 of Heathcotes Care Limited’s 52 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). The nearest home with a higher rating is Apple House (Good), 0.0 km away. In Leicestershire, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).