Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 4 years ago↓ Down from Good
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
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. ?
Shire Oak House is a 27-bed residential care home in Walsall, run by SORCH LTD. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.
17 other homes in Walsall share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2026. 74% of homes in Walsall also score 5. The nearest home with a higher rating is Castlehill Specialist Care Centre (Good), 1.2 km away.
CQC's latest rating, from March 2022, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in May 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped.
