Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 6 years ago↓ Down from Good
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?Requires improvement
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. ?
HC-One Limited runs Dovedale Court, a nursing home in Wednesbury, Sandwell with room for 76 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Sandwell are smaller: the median there is 12 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in November 2019. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in November 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 63% of ratings in Sandwell are as old (how rating age varies by council).
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in October 2026. That is true of 95% of homes in Sandwell. Across Sandwell, 73% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. About 0.4 km away, Bartholamew Lodge Nursing Home Limited is rated Good. 54 of HC-One Limited’s 66 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).
