Vicarage Court Care Home
Vicarage Court Care Home is a care home with nursing in Pontefract, run by Calsa Care Limited. CQC rated it Good overall in September 2019 (last checked 20 January 2022). It has 80 beds. It is registered to support people living with dementia, older people, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs.
- Care home with nursing
Vicarage Gardens, Featherstone, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF7 6NH
What CQC says
Overall rating
The service is performing well and meeting expectations.
Up from Requires improvement, 3 August 2018.
Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)Last checked by CQC: 20 January 2022.
The five key questions
CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.
Is it safe?
Requires improvementrated 7 years ago (27 September 2019)Is it effective?
Goodrated 7 years ago (27 September 2019)Is it caring?
Goodrated 7 years ago (27 September 2019)Is it responsive to people’s needs?
Goodrated 7 years ago (27 September 2019)Is it well-led?
Goodrated 7 years ago (27 September 2019)
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 September 2019. 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 improvement3 August 2018Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement27 April 2017Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement26 August 2016Read 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, Mental health needs, Younger adults
- Number of beds
- 80
- Nursing care
- Yes, nurses are on hand
- Registered since
- 3 December 2010
- Local council area
- Wakefield
Who runs it
- Provider
- Calsa Care Limited
- Kind of provider
- Company or organisation