Residential care home · Herefordshire, County of

Woodpecker Lodge

Weir End House, Weir End, Ross On Wye, HR9 6AL

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 6 years ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 25 December 2019 Rated 6 years ago ?
  • 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?Requires improvement
  • 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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • April 2019GoodSECRW
  • April 2016GoodSECRW

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

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How it compares in Herefordshire, County of

Woodpecker Lodge is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 11 other homes in Herefordshire, County of. 84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 6 (7%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 2 (2%)
  • Good 57 (67%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 4 (5%)
  • Requires improvement 12 (14%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 3 (4%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Weir End House
    Ross On Wye, Herefordshire, County of · HR9 6AL · Residential care home · 11 bedsunder 0.1 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 6 years ago
  • Rosedale Retirement Home
    Ross On Wye, Herefordshire, County of · HR9 5PH · Residential care home · 24 beds2.0 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago
  • West Bank Residential Home
    Ross-On-Wye, Herefordshire, County of · HR9 5PQ · Residential care home · 42 beds2.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Chepstow House
    Ross On Wye, Herefordshire, County of · HR9 5HB · Residential care home · 14 beds2.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • Aspire Living - 1-2 Markyes Close
    Ross On Wye, Herefordshire, County of · HR9 7BZ · Residential care home · 9 beds2.2 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Stable Cottage
    Ross On Wye, Herefordshire, County of · HR9 6RE · Residential care home · 3 beds2.9 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago

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Other homes run by Parkcare Homes (No.2) Limited

88 care homes in total: 3 Outstanding, 72 Good, 12 Requires improvement, 1 Not yet rated.

  • Fitzwilliam Lodge
    Rotherham · S62 6EY · Residential care home · 16 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 1 month ago
  • Riverview
    Teignmouth, Devon · TQ14 9JS · Residential care home · 9 beds
    Outstanding S: OutstandingE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • Tree Top View
    Leyland, Lancashire · PR26 7TB · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago
  • Bowden Lodge
    Sheffield · S9 4ES · Residential care home · 16 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 10 months ago
  • Dinorwic Road
    Southport, Sefton · PR8 4DL · Residential care home · 3 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Linden Lodge
    London, Enfield · N14 4LU · Residential care home · 10 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 6 years ago

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Woodpecker Lodge in brief

Parkcare Homes (No.2) Limited runs Woodpecker Lodge, a residential care home in Ross On Wye, Herefordshire, County of with room for 6 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. The typical home in Herefordshire, County of has 21 beds, so this one is on the small side.

Rosedale Retirement Home, 2.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good. 75 of Parkcare Homes (No.2) Limited’s 87 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in August 2022. 92% of homes in Herefordshire, County of also score 5. 11 other homes in Herefordshire, County of share its tier, “Requires improvement”.

The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in December 2019. Safe, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective and caring were rated Good. That is down from Good in April 2019. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Herefordshire, County of, 49% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).