SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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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
Infection prevention and controlGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
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?75%Good
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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
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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?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 22 good, 11 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. ?
Selborne Care Limited runs Selborne Mews, a residential care home in Smethwick, Sandwell with room for 20 residents. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. Most homes in Sandwell are smaller: the median there is 12 beds.
Bearwood Nursing Home, 0.6 km away, is the closest home rated Good. 6 of Selborne Care Limited’s 7 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in September 2024. 95% of homes in Sandwell also score 5. 21 other homes in Sandwell share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in October 2025. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in February 2022. Ratings in Sandwell are typically about 7 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders”, one of 11 standards out of 33 scored below good.
