SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?50%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 12 good, 21 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. ?
Christ the King, Footherley Hall is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 49 other homes in Staffordshire.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Christ the King, Footherley Hall
Christ the King, Footherley Hall is one of 268 care homes in Staffordshire: a 50-bed residential care home in Lichfield, run by Sisters Hospitallers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus CIO. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Staffordshire has 28 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC's latest rating, from August 2025, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. That matches its previous rating, from November 2023. Ratings in Staffordshire are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “governance, management and sustainability”, one of 21 standards out of 33 scored below good.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Shenstone Hall (Good), 1.6 km away. It is one of 3 homes run by Sisters Hospitallers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus CIO. 1 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from January 2026. That is true of 85% of homes in Staffordshire. 49 other homes in Staffordshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
