SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?68%Good
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Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
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. ?
An independent nursing home in Bilston, Dudley, Island Court Care Home is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 55 beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in Dudley, where the typical home has 22 beds.
In Dudley, 70% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
In October 2025, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. Before that, in December 2022, it was rated Requires improvement. The typical rating in Dudley is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 9 fell below good. The lowest was “kindness, compassion and dignity” (some shortfalls).
