SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?34%Inadequate
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?42%Requires improvement
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How staff, teams and services work togetherSignificant shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?50%Requires improvement
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Responding to people's immediate needsSignificant shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?46%Requires improvement
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Listening to and involving peopleSignificant shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?39%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 1 good, 32 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Maesbrook Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 18 other homes in Shropshire.
80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Maesbrook Nursing Home is a 45-bed nursing home in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, run by Maesbrook Care Home Ltd. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Shropshire has 29 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC's latest rating, from May 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. Safe was rated Inadequate. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in January 2023. That is more recent than most ratings in Shropshire, where the typical rating is about 7 years old. 32 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “responding to people's immediate needs”.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2024. That is true of 91% of homes in Shropshire. 18 other homes in Shropshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Radbrook Nursing Home, 1.3 km away, is the closest home rated Good. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment.
