Residential care home · Staffordshire
The Firs Residential Home
Wodehouse Lane, Gospel End, Sedgley, DY3 4AE
How it compares in Staffordshire
The Firs Residential Home is in the Good tier ?, with 133 other homes in Staffordshire. 78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
- Outstanding 8 (3%)
- Good, with Outstanding areas 14 (5%)
- Good 134 (50%)
- Good, with an area to improve 31 (12%)
- Requires improvement 50 (19%)
- Inadequate 2 (1%)
- Not yet rated 29 (11%)
Care homes nearby
Other homes run by Northgate Healthcare Limited
4 care homes in total: 4 Good.
The Firs Residential Home at a glance
Run by Northgate Healthcare Limited, The Firs Residential Home is a residential care home in Sedgley, Staffordshire with 57 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in Staffordshire, where the typical home has 28 beds.
Its CQC rating, from January 2019, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. That matches its previous rating, from July 2016. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Staffordshire, 51% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in May 2025. That is true of 85% of homes in Staffordshire. In Staffordshire, 78% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). 4 of Northgate Healthcare Limited’s 4 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.