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?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. ?
Birch Grove Nursing Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 13 other homes in Brighton and Hove.
92% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Birchgrove HealthCare (Sussex) Limited runs Birch Grove Nursing Home, a nursing home in Brighton, Brighton and Hove with room for 50 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in Brighton and Hove, where the typical home has 22 beds.
Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Across Brighton and Hove, 92% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in October 2026. 92% of homes in Brighton and Hove also score 5.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in February 2020. Safe, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. Effective was rated Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in June 2017, was the same. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 36% of homes in Brighton and Hove. Here is how rating age varies by council.
