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CQC rating

Rated Requires improvement

2,265 services in England are currently rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The service was told what to put right. The report matters here: some Requires improvement ratings are about records and management, others are about people being at risk.

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331 services in West Midlands

The Royd

Birmingham, B20
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 7 months agocare home

The Shrubbery

Wednesbury, WS10
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 8 months agocare home

The Spires

Lichfield, WS13
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 17 months agocare home

The Villa

Telford, TF7
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 5 years agocare home

The Willows

Coventry, CV1
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 months agoReport explained

Thistley Lodge

Leamington Spa, CV32
Requires improvement
Nursing
Rated 7 years agocare home

Tithe Barn

Ross-on-Wye, HR9
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Tudor House

Birmingham, B30
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 4 years agocare home

Tudor Manor

Stourbridge, DY8
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 21 months agoReport explained

Tulip Gardens

Birmingham, B29
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Veronica House

Tipton, DY4
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 2 years agocare home

Victoria Court

Wolverhampton, WV11
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 5 years agocare home

Victoria Road

Birmingham, B27
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 5 years agocare home

Walsingham House

Nuneaton, CV10
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 10 months agocare home

Barleyfields House

Shrewsbury, SY2
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Warwick House

Coventry, CV5
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home
Reading a rating

What Requires improvement means for your family

Requires improvement covers a wide range. At one end, a home with kind staff whose paperwork was not kept up. At the other, a service where risks to people were not managed and inspectors found a breach of the regulations.

The overall rating usually follows the Safe and Well-led questions, so those are the ones to read. Our explanation on each page shows all five question ratings and what inspectors said about each, and lists any breaches.

A Requires improvement rating that is two or three years old under a manager who has since left tells you little. A recent one is worth a direct conversation with the manager about what has changed.

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