Fountains Care Centre
Fountains Care Centre is a care home with nursing in Manchester, run by WCG Fountains Ltd. CQC rated it Good overall in March 2020, a rating carried over from before the service’s current registration (last checked 17 March 2020). It has 98 beds. It is registered to support people living with dementia, older people, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
- Care home with nursing
Victoria Park, Swinton Hall Road,, Swinton, Manchester, M27 4DZ
What CQC says
Overall rating
The service is performing well and meeting expectations.
Up from Requires improvement, 9 November 2019.
CQC has carried this rating over from before the service’s current registration, for example when a new provider took it over. The service may not have been inspected under its current registration yet.
Last checked by CQC: 17 March 2020.
The five key questions
CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.
Is it safe?
Requires improvementrated 6 years ago (17 March 2020)This is an .
Is it effective?
Goodrated 6 years ago (9 November 2019)This is an .
Is it caring?
Goodrated 6 years ago (9 November 2019)This is an .
Is it responsive to people’s needs?
Goodrated 6 years ago (17 March 2020)This is an .
Is it well-led?
Goodrated 6 years ago (17 March 2020)This is an .
Not sure what the ratings mean? Read how CQC ratings work.
Understanding this rating
Plain facts about how CQC rates and inspects services, as CQC describes them. This is not advice and not a rating of ours.
This rating is from March 2020. That is more than 2 years ago. A service can change a lot in that time, for better or worse. CQC decides when to inspect again.
CQC rated it Good overall. It rated “Safe” as Requires improvement.
What CQC looks at
Safe: Requires improvement
CQC checks whether people are protected from abuse and avoidable harm. It looks at safeguarding, how risks are managed, staffing levels and training, medicines, and keeping the place clean to stop infections.
Questions you could ask
- How are medicines looked after and given on time?
- How do you decide how many staff are on duty, day and night?
- When something goes wrong, what do you do, and how do you tell families?
Questions you could ask
- What has changed since the last inspection?
How often CQC looks again
There is no fixed timetable. CQC decides when to look at a service again. It uses the information it holds about the service and how much risk it sees. It may look sooner if it hears of concerns.
Earlier ratings
Overall ratings this service had before, newest first. These are CQC’s own earlier ratings.
- Requires improvement9 November 2019Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement9 August 2018Read the report (opens in a new tab)
About this service
- Type of care
- Care home with nursing
- Who it supports
- Dementia, Older people, Physical disability, Sensory impairment, Mental health needs
- Number of beds
- 98
- Nursing care
- Yes, nurses are on hand
- Registered since
- 23 May 2022
- Local council area
- Salford
Who runs it
- Provider
- WCG Fountains Ltd
- Kind of provider
- Company or organisation