Residential care home · Shropshire

Bowens Field

24 Bowens Field, Wem, Shrewsbury, SY4 5AP

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 14 June 2022 Rated 4 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

  • November 2018GoodSECRW
  • October 2015GoodSECRW

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Shropshire

Bowens Field is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 18 other homes in Shropshire. 80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 5 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 7 (6%)
  • Good 61 (54%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 11 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 19 (17%)
  • Inadequate 2 (2%)
  • Not yet rated 7 (6%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Roseville House
    Shrewsbury, Shropshire · SY4 5AB · Residential care home · 6 beds0.4 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago
  • Walford Lodge
    Shrewsbury, Shropshire · SY4 5ED · Residential care home · 6 beds0.5 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Landona House
    Shrewsbury, Shropshire · SY4 5QP · Residential care home · 45 beds0.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Highbury House
    Shrewsbury, Shropshire · SY4 5BA · Residential care home · 9 beds0.8 km
    Requires improvement S: GoodE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago
  • The Orchard
    Shrewsbury, Shropshire · SY4 5JD · Residential care home · 6 beds1.0 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Elmhurst Nursing Home
    Whitchurch, Shropshire · SY13 2EN · Nursing home · 54 beds6.7 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago

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Other homes run by Voyage 1 Limited

241 care homes in total: 12 Outstanding, 205 Good, 21 Requires improvement, 3 Not yet rated.

  • 1 Sheringham Avenue
    London, Enfield · N14 4UB · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 5 months ago
  • 23 Cecil Road
    Dronfield, Derbyshire · S18 2GW · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated this month
  • 4 Pages Orchard
    Reading, Oxfordshire · RG4 9LW · Residential care home · 3 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • Bewick House
    Darlington · DL1 3HW · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Broadview
    Fareham, Hampshire · PO16 7UB · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago
  • Derwent Cottage
    Scarborough, North Yorkshire · YO12 4RB · Residential care home · 4 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago

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Bowens Field at a glance

Voyage 1 Limited runs Bowens Field, a residential care home in Shrewsbury, Shropshire with room for 3 residents. CQC registers it to look after younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Shropshire has 29 beds, so this one is on the small side.

In June 2022, CQC gave it Requires improvement overall, and Requires improvement for each of the five key questions too. Its previous rating, in November 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped.

In Shropshire, 80% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). About 0.4 km away, Roseville House is rated Good. It is one of 241 homes run by Voyage 1 Limited. 217 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.