Hillswood House Care Home

15 The Avenue, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-trent, ST7 1AQ

West Midlands · Staffordshire · residential

Requires improvement

Key question ratings

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

Inspection history

PublishedOverallChangeTransitionAI summary
2023-07-27Requires improvementnewUnratedRequires improvementHillswood House received a 'Requires Improvement' rating overall because of inconsistencies in safety and leadership, despite demonstrating good effectiveness and responsiveness in care delivery. Quality assurance processes failed to identify safety hazards such as non-compliant window restrictors and outdated fire risk assessments, and cleanliness standards were not consistently maintained across all staff to support infection control.