SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
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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Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
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?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 23 good, 10 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. ?
Clare Court Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 54 other homes in Birmingham.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Avery Homes (Nelson) Limited runs Clare Court Care Home, a nursing home in Birmingham with room for 80 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Birmingham has 16 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. 54 other homes in Birmingham share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2025. 86% of homes in Birmingham also score 5. Avery Homes (Nelson) Limited runs 17 care homes, and 14 of the 17 rated are Good or Outstanding. Albion Court Care Centre, 0.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
CQC last rated the home in October 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Its previous rating, in February 2024, was Inadequate, so the home has improved. Ratings in Birmingham are typically about 7 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 10 fell below good. The lowest was “involving people to manage risks” (significant shortfalls).
