SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
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?Good
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. ?
Wilsmere House is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 2 other homes in Harrow.
94% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Wilsmere House is one of 50 care homes in Harrow: a 86-bed nursing home in Harrow, run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Harrow, where the typical home has 14 beds.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in May 2024. 90% of homes in Harrow also score 5. In Harrow, 94% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited runs 210 care homes, and 175 of the 198 rated are Good or Outstanding. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC last rated the home in January 2020, giving it Good overall. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from August 2017. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Harrow, 42% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
