Wheal Gerry

How long it has been running

Registered in January 2015, it has 11 years on the CQC register.

CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2016–2018), starting at Good and staying Good every time.

8 years have passed since the last overall rating. Services judged lower-risk wait longer for a visit, but teams change, so check what is different today.

2 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 10 January 2018.

The local picture

There are 16 other care homes within 3 miles, 12 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Rosewarne, under 0.5 miles away.

Every one of the 25 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one, so ask what has changed since its inspection.

It sits in Camborne Trelowarren ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (8 min), a shop (2 min), a park (1 min), a café (7 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

What it may cost

We estimate Wheal Gerry at £1,300–£1,590 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £68k–£83k.

Check what the weekly fee leaves out; hairdressing, chiropody, trips and newspapers are common extras.

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

What the ratings tell you

Wheal Gerry 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 142 of the 193 other care homes in Cornwall that CQC has rated.

Ownership and company checks

Wheal Gerry is run by Green Light Pbs Limited (company 06842869), incorporated in 2009, 5 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 7 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse.

Green Light PBS Limited runs 18 CQC-registered services; 18 of the 18 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

All 18 are in Cornwall, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.