SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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. ?
Southside is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 40 other homes in Birmingham.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Southside is an independent 12-bed residential care home in Birmingham, registered with CQC under its own name. Its CQC registration covers people with dementia, younger adults and people with mental health needs.
Across Birmingham, 77% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2026. 86% of homes in Birmingham also score 5. Of the 4 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. It is one of 4 homes run by Southside Specialist Dementia Care Ltd. 3 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
CQC's latest rating, from October 2023, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in February 2018, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Birmingham, where the typical rating is about 7 years old.
