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Whitwood House

82 Lumley Street, Castleford, WF10 5LD

Goodpublished 29 December 2025, 8 months ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Whitwood House on 16 June 2022. We are still reading it. Check back soon, or read the report itself on cqc.org.uk.

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The story over the years

Every inspection of Whitwood House

4 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. June 2022Requires improvementcurrent ratingup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. July 2021Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

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  3. April 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  4. April 2019Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. October 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  6. December 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. September 2012

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 10 September 2012.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission. A service can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections, not every contact the CQC has had with the service.

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