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Roop Cottage Residential HomeWakefield

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Rated:Requires ImprovementResidential

Roop Cottage Residential Home

Wakefield Road, Fitzwilliam, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF9 5AN
01977610918
Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

29 July 2024

Provider

SNSB Limited

Beds

35 beds

Rating history

  1. Requires ImprovementJul 2016
  2. GoodAug 2017
  3. InadequateNov 2021
  4. InadequateMar 2022
  5. Requires ImprovementOct 2022
  6. Requires ImprovementAug 2023
  7. InadequateMar 2024
  8. Requires ImprovementNov 2024

Improved from Inadequate to Requires Improvement in 2024. CQC has rated this home 8 times since 2016.

Source: CQC inspection reports. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Costs and who runs this home

This is the only care home SNSB Limited runs in England.

Average care home fees in Yorkshire and the Humber: £907 a week for residential care and £1,287 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

  • This home lists dementia care, which usually costs more than standard residential care. See dementia care home costs. NHS Continuing Healthcare may apply where someone's needs are primarily health needs.
  • How to pay for a care home explains the council means test, what counts as capital and the funding you can ask to be assessed for.

About Roop Cottage Residential Home

Roop Cottage Residential Home is a residential care home in Wakefield, providing support to older people, including those living with dementia. The findings below set out what the CQC observed during its most recent assessment.

Roop Cottage Residential Home is a residential care home providing care and support to older people, including those living with dementia. At the time of the assessment, 17 people were living there. The CQC rated the home as requires improvement overall, though it found improvements had been made across the service since the last assessment.

Inspectors found risks to people's health and safety were not always consistently assessed, and safety incidents needed more robust review. Medicines were managed safely and there were enough trained staff. People and relatives spoke positively about kind, respectful care, and a new manager and deputy were working effectively to embed improved oversight systems.

Source: CQC assessment, 22 November 2024

Specialist Care

DementiaLearning disabilitiesMental healthOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesSensory impairmentsYounger adults

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 21 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service
Care home service without nursing
Registered capacity
35 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked
Registered · WF9 5AN

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Learning disabilities; Mental health conditions; Physical disabilities; Sensory impairment; Substance misuse problems.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Requires Improvement.

Assessment published 22 November 2024. Assessment date recorded: 29 July 2024.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 22 November 2024. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

The assessment commenced on 14 August 2024 and was completed on 30 August 2024. Roop Cottage is a residential care home for older people and people living with dementia. At the time of our assessment there were 17 people living at the home. We looked at 34 quality statements across all 5 key questions. The overall rating at this assessment is requires improvement. We found the provider had made improvements to all areas of the service since our last assessment. Further improvements were required to ensure safety events were reviewed robustly and risks to people's health, safety and welfare were consistently assessed and informed staff practice. There were improvements to the environment. Medicines were managed safely. There were enough staff to support people safely and they had the support, training and skills to carry out their role. People were supported to have choice and control and give feedback on their care. There was a new manager and deputy manager in place and they were working effectively with the staff team and the provider. Updated audit and governance processes had recently been introduced. The provider demonstrated they were committed to embedding the new systems a continuing on an improvement pathways

Safe
Requires Improvement
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Requires Improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

  • Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
  • Well-led: What has changed in management, checks and oversight since this rating?

These are questions for your visit, not a claim about conditions today.

Read Roop Cottage Residential Home's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Roop Cottage Residential Home, consider asking...

  1. 1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
  2. 2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
  3. 3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
  4. 4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
  5. 5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Roop Cottage Residential Home, look out for...

  1. 1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
  2. 2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
  3. 3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
  4. 4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
  5. 5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Roop Cottage Residential Home's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Location

Wakefield Road, Fitzwilliam, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF9 5AN

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Roop Cottage Residential Home

CQC overall rating

Requires Improvement

Assessment date: 29 July 2024

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