Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 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. ?
Fernhill House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 23 other homes in Worcestershire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Berkley Care Fernhill Limited runs Fernhill House, a nursing home in Worcester, Worcestershire with room for 66 residents. It is registered to care for older people and people with dementia. That is larger than most homes in Worcestershire, where the typical home has 35 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in January 2024. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in October 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from December 2025. That is true of 92% of homes in Worcestershire. In Worcestershire, 85% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The nearest home with a higher rating is The Belmont (Good), 1.3 km away.
