SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 13 good, 20 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. ?
Limetrees is a 66-bed residential care home in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, run by Ideal Carehomes (5) Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. The typical home in Shropshire has 29 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in September 2026. 91% of homes in Shropshire also score 5. In Shropshire, 80% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The nearest home with a higher rating is Abbey Care Direct Limited (Good), 1.5 km away. Ideal Carehomes (5) Limited runs 2 care homes, and 0 of the 2 rated are Good or Outstanding.
CQC last rated the home in June 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe, caring and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective and responsive, the rating was Good. The typical rating in Shropshire is about 7 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 20 fell below good. The lowest was “independence, choice and control” (some shortfalls).
