Choices Housing Association Limited - 4 West Street

Reading Choices Housing Association Limited - 4 West Street's CQC ratings

CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 156 of the 234 other care homes in Staffordshire that CQC has rated.

The registered provider

Choices Housing Association Limited - 4 West Street is run by Choices Housing Association Limited (company IP26995R).

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

Choices Housing Association Limited runs 13 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 13 of the 13 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

7 of its services are in Staffordshire.

It trades under the Choices Housing Association brand, which covers 13 services run by 1 registered provider.

History with CQC

Registered in January 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.

CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2015–2018), starting at Good and staying Good every time.

The rating is 8 years old. CQC decides when to return based on risk, so age alone is not a warning sign; still, ask who the manager is now.

CQC lists 5 reports for this location, the latest dated 11 January 2018.

Budgeting for this home

We estimate Choices Housing Association Limited - 4 West Street at £1,170–£1,420 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £61k–£74k.

Get the extras in writing: items such as hairdressing and outings are usually charged on top.

If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Staffordshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.

How it fits locally

There are 12 other care homes within 3 miles, 6 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Tall Oaks Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.

It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (7 of the nearest 25).

18 of the 19 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Biddulph West ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (4 min), a pharmacy (4 min), a shop (4 min), a park (7 min), a café (5 min) and a bus stop (3 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.