SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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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
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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?71%Good
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Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
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. ?
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. ?
SENSE - 58 Featherstone Road is in the Good tier ?, with 139 other homes in Birmingham.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent residential care home in Birmingham, SENSE - 58 Featherstone Road is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 5 beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Birmingham has 16 beds, so this one is on the small side.
139 other homes in Birmingham share its tier, “Good”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in May 2013. 86% of homes in Birmingham also score 5. Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Sense runs 36 care homes, and 33 of the 36 rated are Good or Outstanding.
CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in March 2026. Its rating before that, in February 2020, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Birmingham, where the typical rating is about 7 years old. CQC found some shortfalls in “shared direction and culture”, one of 1 standards out of 33 scored below good.
