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?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. ?
Woolston Mead is a 28-bed residential care home in Liverpool, Sefton, run by Tulip Care Limited. 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 and people with a sensory impairment.
CQC's latest rating, from September 2023, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in August 2022. The typical rating in Sefton is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent.
Palmyra, 0.9 km away, is the closest home rated Good. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from January 2026. 94% of homes in Sefton score the top mark of 5. In Sefton, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
