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The Shrubbery

33 Woodgreen Road, Wednesbury, WS10 9QL

Requires improvementpublished 18 December 2025, 8 months ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on The Shrubbery on 15 January 2021. We are still reading it. Check back soon, or read the report itself on cqc.org.uk.

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The story over the years

Every inspection of The Shrubbery

4 rated inspections over 2 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

  1. January 2021Inspected but not ratedcurrent rating
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  2. April 2018Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  3. September 2017Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. May 2017Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  5. June 2016Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. February 2015

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. February 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. February 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. August 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. February 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. September 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 23 September 2011.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission. A service can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections, not every contact the CQC has had with the service.

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