Care home · Wolverhampton
Mountfield House Care Home
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- 286 Penn Road, Wolverhampton, WV4 4AD
- Run by
- Mountfield House Care Home
- Type of provider
- Independent (partnership)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 15 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Sandra Middleton
- Last CQC check
- 2 May 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,210–£1,470 a week for residential care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-111610458
About this home
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Mountfield House Care Home is based in Wolverhampton. It supports older people, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (May 2024). Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 50 CQC-registered care homes in and around Wolverhampton; 26 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Costs to expect
We estimate Mountfield House Care Home at £1,210–£1,470 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £63k–£76k.
Check what the weekly fee leaves out; hairdressing, chiropody, trips and newspapers are common extras.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Wolverhampton Council for a free care needs assessment.
The registered provider
Mountfield House Care Home is the only service its provider, Mountfield House Care Home, runs, so it is an independent, single-site operator rather than part of a chain.
How the scores break down
Under its newer approach, CQC marks each "quality statement" from 1 to 4 and converts the marks into a percentage per area. Averaged across the five areas, Mountfield House Care Home scores 67%.
Safe 66%
- Learning culture2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control2 · Some shortfalls
- Medicines optimisation2 · Some shortfalls
Effective 75%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 70%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement2 · Some shortfalls
Responsive 71%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity2 · Some shortfalls
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 54%
- Shared direction and culture2 · Some shortfalls
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders2 · Some shortfalls
- Freedom to speak up2 · Some shortfalls
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion2 · Some shortfalls
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities2 · Some shortfalls
- Learning, improvement and innovation2 · Some shortfalls
Scale: 1 (significant shortfalls) to 4 (exceptional). From CQC, assessed 15 February 2024, published 2 May 2024, Open Government Licence. Statements without a score were not reassessed and their earlier result stands.
Past CQC ratings
- Mar 2015
- Dec 2016
- Feb 2019
- Mar 2020
- Sep 2022
- May 2024
- Today Rating 2 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 23 September 2022
- CQC inspection report 10 March 2020
- CQC inspection report 19 February 2019
- CQC inspection report 23 December 2016
- CQC inspection report 25 March 2015
- Inspection report 5 December 2013
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from an inspection on 10 June 2026 by Wolverhampton. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Mountfield House"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Penn
- Parliamentary constituency
- Wolverhampton West
- Integrated care board
- NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in WV4 (16)
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Close by
- Bus stop 30 m (1 min walk) · 19 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery 350 m (4 min walk)
- Pharmacy Lloyds Pharmacy, 790 m (10 min walk)
- Shop Coalway News & Booze, 590 m (7 min walk)
- Park Muchall Park, 670 m (8 min walk)
- Place of worship St Aidan, 200 m (2 min walk)
- Library Penn Library, 130 m (2 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 12 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Aldergrove Manor Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: sight or hearing loss (5 of the nearest 25).
10 of the 20 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Penn 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 Black Country ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (4 min), a pharmacy (10 min), a shop (7 min), a park (8 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- The service provides support to people with sensory impairments, physical disabilities, mental health and older people some of who live with dementia.
- However, improvements were needed in the oversight of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) applications.
- There were enough staff to meet people's needs safely.
- People and their relatives told us they felt safe living at the service.
Inspected 10 August 2022; report published 23 September 2022. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Track record
Registered in January 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 6 overall ratings for it (2015–2024), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 3 and down 2 times, and is now Good.
6 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 23 September 2022.
Reading Mountfield House Care Home's CQC ratings
Area by area, Well-led is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Wolverhampton, 24 of 68 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (35%).
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Effective at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 54%, averaging 67% overall.
The Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
Who it can help
Taken from its CQC registration.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe66% score48 of 68 in Wolverhampton
- Effective75% score58 of 68 in Wolverhampton
- Caring70% score59 of 68 in Wolverhampton
- Responsive71% score55 of 68 in Wolverhampton
- Well-led54% score24 of 68 in Wolverhampton
From CQC's latest report, published 2 May 2024. Under each rating: how many care homes in Wolverhampton share it.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Wolverhampton, 66% of the 68 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 4 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2024) is more recent than 51% of care home ratings in Wolverhampton.
- With 15 beds it is smaller than 64% of care homes in Wolverhampton, where the typical home has 25.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 78% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Wolverhampton lists 4.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Well-led (38% of care homes in Wolverhampton are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Wolverhampton (Oct 2026).
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Frequently asked about Mountfield House Care Home
- What services is Mountfield House Care Home registered for?
- Registration for Mountfield House Care Home covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- What is Mountfield House Care Home's address?
- It is at 286 Penn Road, Wolverhampton, WV4 4AD.
- What are Mountfield House Care Home's fees?
- Mountfield House Care Home hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,295 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in West Midlands). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- How many beds does Mountfield House Care Home have?
- Mountfield House Care Home can take up to 15 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- When did CQC last rate Mountfield House Care Home?
- CQC published the current rating on 2 May 2024, 2 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Is Mountfield House Care Home regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes. Mountfield House Care Home is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-111610458) and was rated Good overall in May 2024.
- Can Mountfield House Care Home care for someone with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- Is Mountfield House Care Home rated well for safety?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
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