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. ?
Woodheath Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 12 other homes in Wirral.
70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Woodheath Care Home is an independent 61-bed nursing home in Wirral, registered with CQC under its own name. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in Wirral, where the typical home has 28 beds.
CQC last rated the home in July 2022, giving it Good overall. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated safe as Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in April 2020, was the same.
12 other homes in Wirral share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in November 2025. That is true of 84% of homes in Wirral. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
