SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
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. ?
Darwin Court Care Centre is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 30 other homes in Staffordshire.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Avery Homes (Nelson) Limited runs Darwin Court Care Centre, a nursing home in Lichfield, Staffordshire with room for 112 residents. CQC registers it to look after 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 Staffordshire has 28 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
30 other homes in Staffordshire share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2026. 85% of homes in Staffordshire also score 5. 14 of Avery Homes (Nelson) Limited’s 17 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Of the 4 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in September 2019. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. Safe was rated Requires improvement. Before that, in September 2018, it was rated Requires improvement. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 51% of homes in Staffordshire. Here is how rating age varies by council.
