Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: not ratedCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: not ratedWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Not yet rated
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Not yet rated
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 17 good, 16 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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. ?
Bradeney House Nursing & Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 18 other homes in Shropshire.
80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Bradeney House Nursing & Care Home is one of 112 care homes in Shropshire: a 101-bed nursing home in Bridgnorth, run by Holy Cross Care Homes Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Shropshire are smaller: the median there is 29 beds.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from January 2026. 91% of homes in Shropshire also score 5. Across Shropshire, 80% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Holy Cross Care Homes Limited runs 2 care homes, and 1 of the 2 rated are Good or Outstanding. Hilton Brook House, 1.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
Its CQC rating, from August 2025, is Requires improvement across the board: overall and for every key question. Before that, in February 2024, it was rated Good. Ratings in Shropshire are typically about 7 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found some shortfalls in “independence, choice and control”, one of 16 standards out of 33 scored below good.
