Requires improvementSafe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 4 years ago↓ Down from GoodNo registered managerNew owner since March 2024
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
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. ?
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. ?
The home changed owner in March 2024. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
The Ferns Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 18 other homes in Shropshire.
80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Ferns Care Home Limited runs The Ferns Residential Home, a residential care home in Shrewsbury, Shropshire with room for 37 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from January 2026. 91% of homes in Shropshire also score 5. In Shropshire, 80% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. The Ferns Care Home Limited has run the home since March 2024, when it changed owner. The nearest home with a higher rating is Radbrook Nursing Home (Good), 0.6 km away.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in April 2022. Effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated safe, caring and responsive as Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. That is down from Good in December 2019.
