Care home · Liverpool
Woolston Mead
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- 4 Beach Lawn, Liverpool, L22 8QA
- Run by
- Tulip Care Limited
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 28 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Part of
- Vibhuti Patel
- Registered manager
- Marie Garry
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2005 (21 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 05470309)
- Last CQC check
- 2 Sep 2023
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,130–£1,380 a week for residential care (dementia). Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-122127479
Introducing Woolston Mead
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Woolston Mead is based in Liverpool, run by Tulip Care Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Requires improvement overall (September 2023). Safe and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 10 CQC-registered care homes in and around Crosby; 6 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
What the ratings tell you
Area by area, Safe and Well-led are rated below Good; 3 other areas are Good.
Across Sefton, 23 of 107 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (21%), while 26 of 107 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (24%).
If you are considering it, read the Safe and Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
Ratings over time
- May 2015
- Oct 2015
- Apr 2017
- Oct 2017
- May 2018
- Apr 2019
- Aug 2022
- Sep 2023
- Today Rating 3 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 2 September 2023
- CQC inspection report 17 August 2022
- CQC inspection report 10 April 2019
- CQC inspection report 1 May 2018
- CQC inspection report 7 October 2017
- CQC inspection report 25 April 2017
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from an inspection on 26 January 2026 by Sefton. Food is a big part of daily life in a home, so ask about menus, choice and mealtimes.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Woolston Mead Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Area and map
- Ward
- Waterloo
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bootle
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
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Around the building
- Bus stop 190 m (2 min walk) · 9 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Waterloo, 700 m (9 min walk)
- GP surgery 1.4 km (17 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 650 m (8 min walk)
- Shop Co-op, 410 m (5 min walk)
- Park The Beach Lawn, 80 m (1 min walk)
- Café Waterloo Sunset Café, 540 m (7 min walk)
- Place of worship St. Edmund's Church, 200 m (2 min walk)
- Library Crosby Library, 840 m (10 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
From the latest CQC inspection
- Ongoing improvements were needed to ensure people who used the service had appropriate risk assessments and care plans which reflected their current care needs.
- A particular focus was needed on new admissions to Woolston Mead or following people's return from hospital.
- Governance systems were in place to monitor the safety of the environment as well as the quality of the care being delivered.
- Further work was needed to ensure all bedroom areas were maintained to a high standard of cleanliness and decoration.
Inspected 20 July 2023; report published 2 September 2023; supporting 28 people at the time. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Track record
CQC registration dates from January 2011, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 8 overall ratings for it (2015–2023), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 3 and down 2 times, and is now Requires improvement.
No new overall rating has been published for 3 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.
There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 2 September 2023.
Registered specialisms
Registration details from CQC.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe23 of 107 in Sefton
- Effective92 of 107 in Sefton
- Caring95 of 107 in Sefton
- Responsive91 of 107 in Sefton
- Well-led26 of 107 in Sefton
CQC key question ratings, published 2 September 2023. Under each rating: how many care homes in Sefton share it.
Ownership and company checks
Woolston Mead is run by Tulip Care Limited (company 05470309), incorporated in 2005, 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 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
It trades under the Vibhuti Patel brand, which covers 4 services run by 4 registered providers.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 20 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Palmyra, 0.6 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: physical disabilities (7 of the nearest 25); sight or hearing loss (4 of the nearest 25).
8 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Waterloo ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (8 min), a shop (5 min), a park (1 min), a café (7 min), a bus stop (2 min) and a railway station (9 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Costs to expect
We estimate Woolston Mead at £1,130–£1,380 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £59k–£72k.
Check what the weekly fee leaves out; hairdressing, chiropody, trips and newspapers are common extras.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Sefton Council after a needs and financial assessment.
Family reviews
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Requires improvement. Across Sefton, 79% of the 107 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (September 2023) is more recent than 75% of care home ratings in Sefton.
- With 28 beds it is larger than 50% of care homes in Sefton, where the typical home has 27.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 75% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 7 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Sefton lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (22% of care homes in Sefton are also rated below Good here); Well-led (25% of care homes in Sefton are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Sefton, CQC data for Oct 2026.
Also nearby
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Woolston Mead questions answered
- How big is Woolston Mead?
- CQC registers Woolston Mead for 28 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Who runs Woolston Mead?
- The registered provider is Tulip Care Limited, according to CQC.
- What are Woolston Mead's fees?
- Woolston Mead has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,100 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North West). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- How did Woolston Mead score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- What is Woolston Mead's address?
- It is at 4 Beach Lawn, Liverpool, L22 8QA.
- Is Woolston Mead regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- It is. The CQC register records Woolston Mead as a care home, location ID 1-122127479 and was rated Requires improvement overall in September 2023.
- What services is Woolston Mead registered for?
- Its CQC registration covers residential homes. Ask Woolston Mead how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Is Woolston Mead registered for dementia care?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- When was Woolston Mead last inspected?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 2 September 2023, 3 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
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Details from the Care Quality Commission register, updated Oct 2026. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Text marked "in the provider's own words" is supplied by the provider. The Care Panel is not a care provider.