SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?68%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 22 good, 11 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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. ?
Woodlands Court Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 3 other homes in Wigan.
91% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Woodlands Court Care Home
Run by Croftwood Care UK Limited, Woodlands Court Care Home is a residential care home in Wigan with 40 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
CQC last rated the home in August 2025, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For effective, the rating was Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from May 2023. The typical rating in Wigan is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 11 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “responding to people's immediate needs”.
In Wigan, 91% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in November 2025. 64% of homes in Wigan score the top mark of 5. Croftwood Care UK Limited runs 19 care homes, and 18 of the 19 rated are Good or Outstanding. None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
