SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
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. ?
Birchwood Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 3 other homes in West Berkshire.
90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
West Berkshire Council runs Birchwood Care Home, a nursing home in Newbury, West Berkshire with room for 60 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in West Berkshire, where the typical home has 8 beds.
In West Berkshire, 90% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from April 2025. 92% of homes in West Berkshire also score 5. About 0.3 km away, Newbury Grove is rated Good. West Berkshire Council runs 3 care homes, and 2 of the 3 rated are Good or Outstanding.
CQC's latest rating, from March 2023, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. That matches its previous rating, from September 2022. The typical rating in West Berkshire is about 7 years old, so this one is fairly recent.
