Nursing home · Dudley

Gower Gardens Residential Care Home

31 Kent Road, Halesowen, B62 8PQ

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago ↑ Up from Req. improvement

CQC rating

Good
Published 19 May 2023 Rated 3 years ago ?
  • 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

Earlier ratings ?

  • July 2022Requires improvementSECRW
  • April 2020Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • December 2018GoodSECRW previous owner
  • September 2017Requires improvementSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Dudley

Gower Gardens Residential Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 8 other homes in Dudley. 70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Good, with Outstanding areas 1 (1%)
  • Good 49 (55%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 9 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 23 (26%)
  • Inadequate 2 (2%)
  • Not yet rated 5 (6%)

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What the data says about Gower Gardens Residential Care Home

Kingsley Healthcare (Birmingham) Limited runs Gower Gardens Residential Care Home, a nursing home in Halesowen, Dudley with room for 66 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. Most homes in Dudley are smaller: the median there is 22 beds.

CQC's latest rating, from May 2023, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in July 2022, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved.

Across Dudley, 70% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in April 2026. That is true of 61% of homes in Dudley. It is one of 2 homes run by Kingsley Healthcare (Birmingham) Limited. 2 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.