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?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. ?
The Poplars Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 21 other homes in Sandwell.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Poplars Care & Support Services Limited runs The Poplars Nursing Home, a nursing home in Birmingham, Sandwell with room for 58 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Sandwell, where the typical home has 12 beds.
Bearwood Nursing Home, 0.7 km away, is the closest home rated Good. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from February 2025. 95% of homes in Sandwell also score 5. 21 other homes in Sandwell share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
CQC's latest rating, from June 2023, is Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated caring and responsive as Good. Its rating before that, in June 2021, was the same. Ratings in Sandwell are typically about 7 years old, which makes this one newer than most.
