SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
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?70%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
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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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
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: 28 good, 5 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Stretton Hall Nursing Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 10 other homes in Shropshire.
80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Welford Healthcare MC Ltd runs Stretton Hall Nursing Home, a nursing home in Church Stretton, Shropshire with room for 50 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Shropshire has 29 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC last rated the home in January 2026, giving it Good overall. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. Safe was rated Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in November 2019. Ratings in Shropshire are typically about 7 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “medicines optimisation”, one of 5 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Its kitchen was rated 3 for food hygiene in November 2025. 91% of homes in Shropshire score the top mark of 5. Across Shropshire, 80% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. 7 of Welford Healthcare MC Ltd’s 7 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Church View, 5.8 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding.
