Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 years ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
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: 24 good, 9 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. ?
Woofferton Residential Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 18 other homes in Shropshire.
80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Woofferton Residential Care Home
Fidelity Care Services Ltd runs Woofferton Residential Care Home, a residential care home in Ludlow, Shropshire with room for 15 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people. That is smaller than most homes in Shropshire, where the typical home has 29 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in October 2024. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in August 2022, was Good, so the home has slipped. Ratings in Shropshire are typically about 7 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 9 fell below good. The lowest was “governance, management and sustainability” (significant shortfalls).
In Shropshire, 80% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 4 out of 5 in August 2022. 91% of homes in Shropshire score the top mark of 5. Fairfield House, 3.3 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
