Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 years ago↓ Down from GoodNew owner since January 2025
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
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?Requires improvement
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. ?
The home changed owner in January 2025. 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 Firs Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 23 other homes in Worcestershire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Firs Care Home is a 26-bed residential care home in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, run by Orvie RK Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
In Worcestershire, 85% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in May 2026. 92% of homes in Worcestershire also score 5. About 0.6 km away, Hollyfields is rated Good. Orvie RK Limited has run the home since January 2025, when it changed owner.
CQC last rated the home in October 2023, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated caring as Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Its previous rating, in April 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped.
