SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?★Outstanding
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?★Outstanding
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?★Outstanding
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. ?
Victoria Lodge Care Home is in the Outstanding tier ?, with 3 other homes in Birmingham.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Victoria Lodge Care Home is a 24-bed residential care home in Birmingham, run by Miss S G Howard. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. That is larger than most homes in Birmingham, where the typical home has 16 beds.
It is the only Outstanding home among the 7 closest. Across Birmingham, 77% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2016. 86% of homes in Birmingham also score 5.
CQC's latest rating, from March 2020, is Outstanding overall. Caring, responsive and well-led were also Outstanding. Safe and effective were rated Good. That matches its previous rating, from March 2017. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 60% of homes in Birmingham. Here is how rating age varies by council.
