Cedar Lodge Nursing Home

Cedar Lodge Nursing Home in Birmingham provides nursing care for up to 36 people, including older people, those living with dementia, people with physical disabilities or sensory impairments, and people with a learning disability. The CQC rated the service requires improvement overall, finding a breach relating to governance. Care plans and risk assessments were not consistently robust, some clinical plans were missing, and the environment needed updating, though staff knew people well and kept them safe.

Inspectors found people and relatives spoke positively about their care, describing staff as caring, respectful and responsive to call bells, though some people experienced delays at mealtimes. The provider and new acting manager responded quickly to concerns, introducing an action plan, reviewing care records and improving staff supervision and training.