Hill House - Care Home with Nursing Physical Disabilities

The ratings in context

Area by area, Safe, Effective and Well-led are rated below Good; 2 other areas are Good.

Across Cheshire East, 32 of 96 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (33%), while 13 of 96 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Effective (14%), while 23 of 96 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (24%).

If you are considering it, read the Safe, Effective and Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.

The company behind Hill House - Care Home with Nursing Physical Disabilities

Hill House - Care Home with Nursing Physical Disabilities is run by Leonard Cheshire Disability (company 00552847), incorporated in 1955, 55 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 10 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is other human health activities, nursing care, care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse and residential care for older and disabled people.

Leonard Cheshire Disability runs 41 CQC-registered services across 28 council areas; 25 of the 39 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (64%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.

It trades under the Leonard Cheshire Disability brand, which covers 41 services run by 1 registered provider.

Hill House - Care Home with Nursing Physical Disabilities over the years

Hill House - Care Home with Nursing Physical Disabilities has been registered with CQC since January 2011, about 15 years.

CQC has published 6 overall ratings for it (2015–2026), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Requires Improvement.

CQC lists 6 reports for this location, the latest dated 13 January 2023.

Likely fees

We estimate Hill House - Care Home with Nursing Physical Disabilities at £1,360–£1,670 a week for nursing care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £71k–£87k.

If nursing care is needed, the NHS pays a weekly NHS-funded nursing care contribution directly to the home, whoever pays the rest.

People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Cheshire East Council after a needs and financial assessment.

Around Sandbach

There are 6 other care homes within 3 miles, 4 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Park House Care Home, 0.8 miles away.

It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (5 of the nearest 25).

1 of the 21 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Sandbach Heath and East ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (4 min), a park (3 min), a café (9 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.