Amber Wood
Amber Wood, Burton-on-trent, DE13 0QL · Staffordshire · West Midlands
45 beds · operated by Welford Healthcare South Ltd, part of Welford Healthcare
CQC marks this as an inherited rating — carried over from the location's previous registration (for example after a change of ownership), not from an inspection of the current registration.
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but Well-led is Requires improvement (12 Jan 2023), and the rating is 3 years old.
- Below Good on
- Well-ledRequires improvement12 Jan 2023rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 3 years old — published 12 Jan 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- All 4 of Welford Healthcare South Ltd's rated homes are Good or better. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 12 Jan 2023 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 5 Feb 2020 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 5 Feb 2020 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 5 Feb 2020 |
| Well-led | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 12 Jan 2023 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 4 other locations
Other active services registered to Welford Healthcare South Ltd. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Bowbrook | Not yet rated | Staffordshire |
| Great Oaks | Good23 Jul 2025 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Hamble Heights | Good22 Jan 2025 | Hampshire |
| Oakdale | Good11 Apr 2025 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- Beds
- 45
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-20625627238
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.