SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?63%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
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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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 22 good, 11 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Breach House is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 16 other homes in Worcestershire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Breach House is one of 171 care homes in Worcestershire: a 34-bed residential care home in Stourbridge, run by Golden Age Care Ltd. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in November 2025. 92% of homes in Worcestershire also score 5. Across Worcestershire, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in August 2026. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in August 2023. Ratings in Worcestershire are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 11 fell below good. The lowest was “consent to care and treatment” (some shortfalls).
