SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 23 good, 10 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. ?
The Sandford Nursing 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 Sandford Nursing Home is one of 112 care homes in Shropshire: a 35-bed nursing home in Church Stretton, run by The Housing Plus Group Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability.
18 other homes in Shropshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from March 2026. In Shropshire, 91% of homes score 5. About 0.3 km away, Field House is rated Good.
CQC's latest rating, from November 2024, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Shropshire, where the typical rating is about 7 years old. 10 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “safe environments”.
