SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
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?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome 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: 24 good, 9 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. ?
Silver Birch Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 54 other homes in Birmingham.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Silver Birch Care Home is a 23-bed residential care home in Birmingham. The home is its own registered provider. CQC registers it to look after older people.
CQC's latest rating, from June 2025, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. That matches its previous rating, from November 2021. That is more recent than most ratings in Birmingham, where the typical rating is about 7 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “safe environments”, one of 9 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2013. That is true of 86% of homes in Birmingham. In Birmingham, 77% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The nearest home with a higher rating is Cedarwood Care Centre (Good), 0.1 km away.
