Residential care home · Birmingham

Primrose Place

34 Somerset Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2JD

Requires improvement SafeEffectiveCaringResponsiveWell-led Rated 4 years ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement

Published 2 November 2022 Rated 4 years ago ?

SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

March 2021Inspected, no new rating
April 2019GoodSECRW previous owner
February 2016GoodSECRW 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 Birmingham

Primrose Place is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 54 other homes in Birmingham. 77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

Outstanding 4 (1%)
Good, with Outstanding areas 5 (2%)
Good 140 (51%)
Good, with an area to improve 41 (15%)
Requires improvement 55 (20%)
Inadequate 3 (1%)
Not yet rated 24 (9%)

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What the data says about Primrose Place

Primrose Place is one of 272 care homes in Birmingham: a 5-bed residential care home in Birmingham, run by Nuvo Healthcare Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. It is a small home for Birmingham, where the median is 16 beds.

CQC's latest rating, from November 2022, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in April 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped.

Morning Stars, 0.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good. 54 other homes in Birmingham share its tier, “Requires improvement”.