SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?63%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
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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Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 19 good, 14 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. ?
Meadow View is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 25 other homes in Warwickshire.
80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Prime Life Limited runs Meadow View, a residential care home in Alcester, Warwickshire with room for 42 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
CQC's latest rating, from March 2026, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in August 2023, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. The typical rating in Warwickshire is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 14 fell below good. The lowest was “independence, choice and control” (some shortfalls).
Across Warwickshire, 80% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2026. That is true of 95% of homes in Warwickshire. 43 of Prime Life Limited’s 53 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
