Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 years ago↓ Down from Good
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?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
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. ?
Woodcross Healthcare Services is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 17 other homes in Walsall.
67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Woodcross Healthcare Services
Woodcross Healthcare Services is an independent 44-bed nursing home in Walsall, registered with CQC under its own name. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults and people with mental health needs.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in December 2023. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. Caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in October 2017, was Good, so the home has slipped.
Ash Grange Nursing Home, 0.9 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Across Walsall, 67% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in July 2026. That is true of 74% of homes in Walsall.
