Residential care home · Walsall

Mill Lodge Residential Care Home

98 Mill Road, Pelsall, Walsall, WS4 1BU

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 7 months ago New owner since March 2025

CQC rating

Good
Published 23 March 2026 Rated 7 months ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 8 below good
    • Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Involving people to manage risksGood
    • Learning cultureGood
    • Medicines optimisationGood
    • Safe and effective staffingGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 6 good
    • Assessing needsGood
    • Consent to care and treatmentGood
    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
    • Independence, choice and controlGood
    • Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
    • Responding to people's immediate needsGood
    • Treating people as individualsGood
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • 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?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
    • 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: 32 good, 1 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

The home changed owner in March 2025. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • February 2022Inspected, no new rating
  • July 2018GoodSECRW previous owner
  • January 2017Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • December 2015Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • September 2015InadequateSECRW 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 Walsall

Mill Lodge Residential Care Home is in the Good tier ?, with 26 other homes in Walsall. 67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 2 (3%)
  • Good 27 (44%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 10 (16%)
  • Requires improvement 18 (29%)
  • Inadequate 1 (2%)
  • Not yet rated 4 (6%)

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Mill Lodge Residential Care Home at a glance

Mill Lodge Residential Care Home is a 20-bed residential care home in Walsall, run by Exodus Care Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.

CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in March 2026. That matches its previous rating, from July 2018. The typical rating in Walsall is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “safe environments”, one of 1 standards out of 33 scored below good.

None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. The home changed owner in March 2025. In Walsall, 67% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from July 2026. That is true of 74% of homes in Walsall.