Westlake

Budgeting for this home

We estimate Westlake at £1,650–£2,010 a week for nursing care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £86k–£105k.

Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.

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

How it fits locally

There are 20 other care homes within 3 miles, 14 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Skylark House, under 0.5 miles away.

19 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Holbrook West ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (9 min), a shop (9 min), a park (5 min), a café (5 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

What the ratings tell you

Westlake has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 232 of the 316 other care homes in West Sussex that CQC has rated.

History with CQC

CQC registration dates from February 2011, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.

CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2016–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.

The rating is 7 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.

4 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 9 July 2019.

Ownership and company checks

Westlake is run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited (company 02849519), incorporated in 1993, 17 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.

Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited runs 165 CQC-registered services across 73 council areas; 116 of the 129 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (90%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

5 of its services are in West Sussex.

It trades under the Barchester Healthcare brand, which covers 165 services run by 1 registered provider.