SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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?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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Woodthorne Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 9 other homes in Walsall.
67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Woodthorne Care Home is one of 62 care homes in Walsall: a 21-bed residential care home in Willenhall, run by Miss Satwant Chahal. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs, people with a sensory impairment and people with an eating disorder.
CQC last rated the home in August 2021, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from February 2020. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Walsall, 16% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. 9 other homes in Walsall share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in July 2026. That is true of 74% of homes in Walsall.
