SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
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?64%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
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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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 16 good, 17 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. ?
St Thomas' Priory is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 49 other homes in Staffordshire.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Rugeley Invest Ltd runs St Thomas' Priory, a nursing home in Rugeley, Staffordshire with room for 106 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. Most homes in Staffordshire are smaller: the median there is 28 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in April 2026. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. Caring and responsive were rated Good. That matches its previous rating, from July 2023. Ratings in Staffordshire are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 17 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “assessing needs”.
Briar Hill House, 2.2 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding. In Staffordshire, 78% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2026. That is true of 85% of homes in Staffordshire.
