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. ?
The home changed owner in September 2026. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Himley Mill Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 30 other homes in Staffordshire.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Himley Mill Care Home is a 86-bed nursing home in Dudley, Staffordshire, run by HC-One No.5 Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Staffordshire, where the typical home has 28 beds.
30 other homes in Staffordshire share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. HC-One No.5 Limited has run the home since September 2026, when it changed owner. 49 of HC-One No.5 Limited’s 60 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC's latest rating, from April 2021, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Its rating before that, in May 2019, was the same. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 51% of ratings in Staffordshire are as old (how rating age varies by council).
