Working at Walmer Lodge Residential Home
6 Walmer Villas, Bradford, BD8 7ET
Operated by Walmer Lodge LLP
12 bedsResidential homes
Workplace Score
4.1/10
AI analysis of latest data
Our AI workplace review
PlainSight AI Review
Last updated: 10 February 2026
Score: 4.1/10
Key Finding
"Staff enjoy working there with good teamwork, but no safe staffing system and outdated medicines training reduce time with residents."
Safety & Risk
4/10
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Medicines were not always managed safely. This mainly related to record keeping.
Staff Culture
6/10
✓
Staff said they enjoyed working at the home and felt team work was good. One staff member said, 'This has been my second home.'
Staffing Levels
3/10
✕
There was no system in place to calculate safe staffing levels. Care staff completed all cooking and cleaning tasks which impacted on the time they had to spend with people.
Training & Dev
3/10
✕
Medicines training was not in accordance with NICE guidance which recommends annual updates. Records showed three staff had not received medicines training for seven years or more.
Management
4/10
!
Quality assurance systems were not effective or robust. Audits had not identified or addressed the areas we found on inspection.
Programmes
4/10
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People followed their preferred interests and routines many of which involved time out in the community. This included attendance at day centres, visiting the cinema, shopping, walks, visiting family, going to the hairdresser, beauty treatments.
Points to consider
No proper way to work out staffing levels and care staff have to do all the cooking and cleaning, so less time for residents.
There was no system in place to calculate safe staffing levels. Care staff completed all cooking and cleaning tasks which impacted on the time they had to spend with people. One staff member said, 'We spend a lot of time cleaning.'
Medicines training is only every three years and some staff have not had it for seven years or more.
Medicines training was not in accordance with NICE guidance which recommends annual updates. The manager confirmed training was updated every 3 years. Records showed three staff had not received medicines training for seven years or more.
Medication records are often inaccurate with missing details and no updates on when to give some medicines.
Medicines were not always managed safely. This mainly related to record keeping. Topical charts for creams had not been completed.
AI Generated
CQC Inspection Overview
CQC Inspection
Last inspected: July 2023
Requires improvement
Safe
!
Requires improvement
Effective
!
Requires improvement
Caring
✓
Good
Responsive
✓
Good
Management Quality
Well-led: Requires improvement
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