SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
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
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?50%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 11 good, 22 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. ?
Ridgeway Court Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 22 other homes in Dudley.
70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Ridgeway Court Care Home is a 39-bed residential care home in Dudley, run by Dudley Oaks Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Dudley has 22 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in June 2026. Safe, effective, caring and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated responsive as Good. That is down from Good in September 2019. The typical rating in Dudley is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 22 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “consent to care and treatment”.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in June 2025. That is true of 61% of homes in Dudley. 22 other homes in Dudley share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The home changed owner in August 2024. Goldthorn Sedgley, 0.3 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
