SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?0%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?0%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 15 good, 18 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Appletrees Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 23 other homes in Worcestershire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Whitelodge Alveley Limited runs Appletrees Care Home, a nursing home in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire with room for 46 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment.
CQC last rated the home in July 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. Caring and responsive were rated Good. That matches its previous rating, from April 2023. Ratings in Worcestershire are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 18 fell below good. The lowest was “capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders” (significant shortfalls).
Exmoor Drive, 1.6 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Whitelodge Alveley Limited runs 6 care homes, and 2 of the 5 rated are Good or Outstanding. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in March 2026. That is true of 92% of homes in Worcestershire. In Worcestershire, 85% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
