SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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. ?
Fordrough Cottage is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 40 other homes in Birmingham.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Forward Plus West Midlands Ltd runs Fordrough Cottage, a residential care home in Birmingham with room for 4 residents. CQC registers it to look after younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Birmingham, where the median is 16 beds.
In Birmingham, 77% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in November 2022. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in September 2019, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved.
