Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
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
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 20 good, 13 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. ?
Churchfield Court is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 21 other homes in Sandwell.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Mr Nitin Gunputh & Mrs Amrita Gunputh, Churchfield Court is a residential care home in West Bromwich, Sandwell with 37 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people and younger adults. Most homes in Sandwell are smaller: the median there is 12 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in July 2025. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. That is down from Good in November 2017. Ratings in Sandwell are typically about 7 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found some shortfalls in “responding to people's immediate needs”, one of 13 standards out of 33 scored below good.
21 other homes in Sandwell share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from January 2026. That is true of 95% of homes in Sandwell. About 0.7 km away, Lyndon Hall Nursing Home is rated Good.
