Whitwood House

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 29 December 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Whitwood House is a care home providing personal care for up to 16 people with learning disabilities and/or autism. At the time of our assessment there were 11 people living at the service. We assessed the service against ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ guidance to make judgements about whether the provider guaranteed people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted.

The assessment was carried out to follow up on enforcement issued following a breach of regulation at the last assessment. It commenced on 12 November 2025 and was completed on 19 November 2025. Site visits took place on each of these dates and an out of hours visit was included on the 12 November 2025. The provider was previously in breach of regulation relating to good governance. The provider had made improvements and was no longer in breach of this regulation. Oversight of the service had improved, and quality assurance processes were effectively implemented to support learning, monitoring and drive improvements. All concerns identified at the previous inspection in relation to security of the premises; record keeping and medicines; management of accidents, incidents and safeguarding; and weight monitoring, had been addressed. There was a skilled, knowledgeable and supportive manager in place providing consistent and reliable oversight. The whole team were committed to learning lessons, developing the service and driving improvement to positively enhance the quality of care for people living at Whitwood House.