Requires improvementSafe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 years ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Ash Lodge Care Home with Nursing is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 21 other homes in Sandwell.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Care First (Smethwick) Ltd runs Ash Lodge Care Home with Nursing, a nursing home in Smethwick, Sandwell with room for 70 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Sandwell has 12 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2025. 95% of homes in Sandwell also score 5. 21 other homes in Sandwell share its tier, “Requires improvement”. About 0.8 km away, Barnford House is rated Good.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in July 2023. Effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. For safe, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. That is down from Good in February 2018. That is more recent than most ratings in Sandwell, where the typical rating is about 7 years old.
