Residential care home · Worcestershire

Housman Care Ltd

Housman Court, School Drive, Bromsgrove, B60 1AZ

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 12 January 2024 Rated 2 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

  • May 2023Requires improvementSECRW
  • January 2019GoodSECRW previous owner
  • July 2016GoodSECRW 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 Worcestershire

Housman Care Ltd is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 23 other homes in Worcestershire. 85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 7 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 4 (2%)
  • Good 110 (64%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 17 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 24 (14%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 8 (5%)

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  • Breme Residential Care Home
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  • Regents Court Care Home
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Housman Care Ltd at a glance

Housman Care Ltd is an independent 30-bed residential care home in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, registered with CQC under its own name. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia.

CQC rated it Requires improvement overall and in all five key questions in January 2024. Its rating before that, in May 2023, was the same.

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from June 2026. That is true of 92% of homes in Worcestershire. 23 other homes in Worcestershire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. About 0.3 km away, Chandler Court is rated Good.