Vicarage Court Care Home is is a multi award winning residential and nursing home situated at North Featherstone, Pontefract. It is ideally located between the 5 local towns and just off the M62, making it accessible to Wakefield, Leeds, Bradford, York, etc.

It has idyllic surroundings within beautiful Yorkshire countryside. The Home is on a large 3 acre site, with 2 acres dedicated to a beautiful garden. The Home is close to many local amenities; post office, public house and various shops. There is ample free car parking for visitors at the front of the Home. Registered for 80 beds which include 36 bed nursing unit, 10 bed dementia residential unit, and 23 bed general residential unit and 11 apartments for a young physically disabled unit. Facilities include 9 luxury lounges, 11 self-contained apartments, luxury bedrooms, spa baths and state-of-the-art facilities. Vicarage Court Care Home also offers the following short stay services; respite care, intermediate care and rehabilitation.

We have larger rooms and luxury apartments for couples who wish to stay together as they recieve 24 hour care.

Vicarage Court received recognition by the London Science Museum for our care during COVID. The Home was awarded The Healthwatch “Putting People First Award” in 2021. In 2020, the home was awarded at the British Care Awards. In 2014, we won “Employer of the Year” by Wakefield College. The home has consistently been regarded as one of the top nursing homes in Yorkshire according to relatives feedback. It has a 'Good' rating from the CQC.

The management team is highly experienced. Tracy, the Nurse manager is a very experienced nurse and has 2 decades of nursing home management experience. She has worked with residents with extensive nursing needs, brain injuries, complex care and dementia needs.

The Home has 24 hour RGN cover. The general nurses that we employ all have more than 15 years of nursing experience. The home employs Team Leaders for each of the dementia, young physically disabled and residential units, so that senior staff are available at all times. This means there is an enormous amount of expertise in caring for the elderly and meeting their needs and expectations. Their experience includes residents with Parkinson’s, Huntingdon’s, brain injuries, obesity, diabetes, ventilated patients, epilepsy, dementia, cerebral vascular incidents, and many other areas of care.

The home is closely involved in a multi-disciplinary team which involves our staff liaising with GPs, district nurses, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, podiatrists, dentists, opticians, hearing aids specialists, and many other care professionals.