Care home · Ware
Westgate House Care Centre
Typical fee here £1,520–£1,850 a week Estimate
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- Address
- Tower Road, Ware, SG12 7LP
- Run by
- Westgate Healthcare Limited (2 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 109 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- February 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Nancy Elizabeth Currie
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1992 (34 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02725412)
- Last CQC check
- 17 Feb 2022
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,520–£1,850 a week for nursing care (dementia). An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
More in Ware: Care homes in Ware (7) · Care homes for dementia care in Ware · Care homes for elderly care in Ware · Care homes for physical disability care in Ware · Care homes for care for adults under 65 in Ware
See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-126744616
Introducing Westgate House Care Centre
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, Westgate House Care Centre is based in Ware, run by Westgate Healthcare Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (January 2020), with Well-led rated Outstanding. It is one of 7 CQC-registered care homes in and around Ware; 4 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Westgate House Care Centre over the years
Registered in February 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 6 overall ratings for it (2015–2022), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Inspected but not rated.
The rating is 6 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 6 reports for this location, the latest dated 17 February 2022.
Likely fees
We estimate Westgate House Care Centre at £1,520–£1,850 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £79k–£96k.
Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.
Hertfordshire Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.
Around Ware
There are 11 other care homes within 3 miles, 8 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Hillview Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: sight or hearing loss (7 of the nearest 25).
12 of the 21 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Ware Trinity 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 Central East ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (7 min), a park (4 min), a café (10 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The company behind Westgate House Care Centre
Westgate House Care Centre is run by Westgate Healthcare Limited (company 02725412), incorporated in 1992, 18 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 5 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
Westgate Healthcare Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
All 2 are in Hertfordshire, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
How its rating has changed
- Jul 2015
- Jul 2015
- Jul 2017
- Jan 2020
- Apr 2021
- Feb 2022
- Today Rating 6 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 17 February 2022
- CQC inspection report 29 April 2021
- CQC inspection report 21 January 2020
- CQC inspection report 7 July 2017
- CQC inspection report 24 July 2015
- CQC inspection report 20 July 2015
Location and local area
- Ward
- Ware Trinity
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hertford and Stortford
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Central East Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in SG12 (8)
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Within walking distance
- Bus stop 130 m (2 min walk) · 10 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Ware, 1.0 km (13 min walk)
- GP surgery Ware Chiropody & Podiatry, 850 m (11 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 810 m (10 min walk)
- Shop Cromwell Community Store, 520 m (7 min walk)
- Park Cooles Park, 340 m (4 min walk)
- Café Truly Scrumptious, 800 m (10 min walk)
- Place of worship Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Saint Joseph, 490 m (6 min walk)
- Library Ware Library, 840 m (10 min walk)
Distances are as the crow flies, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); real walking routes will be longer and may include hills or busy roads.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
From the latest CQC inspection
- Westgate House Care Centre accommodates up to up to 109 people, some of whom were living with dementia.
- The service provides accommodation over three floors.
- The provider had robust systems in place to ensure visitors were entering the building safely to reduce the risk of spreading the infection.
- For example, Relatives and friends received awareness sessions in how to test and put on and take off personal protective equipment (PPE) safely.
Inspected 8 February 2022; report published 17 February 2022; supporting 109 people at the time. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
The ratings in context
Area by area, Well-led is rated Outstanding; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Hertfordshire, 10 of 219 rated care homes are Outstanding for Well-led (5%).
The report's Well-led section explains what earned the Outstanding rating, which is a useful benchmark when comparing services.
Needs it is registered to meet
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe161 of 219 in Hertfordshire
- Effective193 of 218 in Hertfordshire
- Caring194 of 218 in Hertfordshire
- Responsive182 of 217 in Hertfordshire
- Well-led10 of 219 in Hertfordshire
As rated by CQC, published 21 January 2020. Under each rating: how many care homes in Hertfordshire share it; for example, 10 of 219 care homes in Hertfordshire rated Outstanding for Well-led.
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Questions about Westgate House Care Centre
- Which provider runs Westgate House Care Centre?
- Westgate Healthcare Limited is the registered provider for Westgate House Care Centre.
- How many beds does Westgate House Care Centre have?
- Westgate House Care Centre can take up to 109 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- How did Westgate House Care Centre score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Outstanding. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- What are Westgate House Care Centre's fees?
- We don't have published prices from Westgate House Care Centre yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,455 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East of England). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- What type of care does Westgate House Care Centre provide?
- Registration for Westgate House Care Centre covers: nursing homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- Is Westgate House Care Centre registered with CQC?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-126744616 and was rated Good overall in January 2020.
- What is Westgate House Care Centre's address?
- It is at Tower Road, Ware, SG12 7LP.
- When was Westgate House Care Centre last inspected?
- 21 January 2020 is when the current rating was published, 6 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Can Westgate House Care Centre care for someone with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
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