SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
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. ?
Bearwood Nursing Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 18 other homes in Sandwell.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Bearwood Nursing Home is an independent 63-bed nursing home in Smethwick, Sandwell, registered with CQC under its own name. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Sandwell are smaller: the median there is 12 beds.
Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. 18 other homes in Sandwell share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in March 2026. 95% of homes in Sandwell also score 5.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in March 2020. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Good. Caring was rated Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in September 2017, was the same. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 63% of homes in Sandwell. Here is how rating age varies by council.
