SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?0%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?0%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 9 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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. ?
Highbury Nursing Home 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%).
Highbury Nursing Home is an independent 38-bed nursing home in Birmingham, registered with CQC under its own name. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Birmingham are smaller: the median there is 16 beds.
Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in September 2023. 86% of homes in Birmingham also score 5. In Birmingham, 77% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
CQC's latest rating, from October 2026, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and well-led as well. For responsive, the rating was Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in June 2023, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. The typical rating in Birmingham is about 7 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 9 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “independence, choice and control”.
