Harborne Lane Nursing Home

247 Harborne Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 6TG

01212581445

Care Type

Nursing Care

Assessment date

4 April 2025

Provider

Harborne Lane Specialist Care Centre Ltd

Beds

68 beds

About Harborne Lane Nursing Home

Harborne Lane Nursing Home is a nursing home in Birmingham. Full details of the CQC's most recent findings are set out below.

Harborne Lane Nursing Home is a purpose-built nursing home in Birmingham, caring for up to 68 older people, including those living with dementia, physical disabilities and sensory impairment. The CQC rated the service Requires Improvement overall, following concerns raised about how risks were managed.

Inspectors found breaches relating to safeguarding, safe care, consent and governance. People were not always protected from harm, medicines were not consistently managed safely, and records did not always reflect people's needs or involve them in decisions. Staff were described as kind, though some people felt calls for help were not answered promptly, and staffing at times felt stretched.

Source: CQC assessment, 16 May 2025

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesSensory impairmentsYounger adults

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

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Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 20 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service with nursing
Registered capacity: 68 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · B29 6TG

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Physical disabilities; Sensory impairment.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Requires Improvement.

Assessment published 16 May 2025. Assessment date recorded: 4 April 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 16 May 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of Assessment: 14 January 2025 to 14 February 2025. The assessment was conducted following concerns received from key stakeholders regarding risk management. The service is a nursing home providing support to older people, younger adults, people living with dementia, physical disabilities and sensory impairment. Harborne Lane Nursing Home is a purpose-built care home across 3 floors. People have their own bedrooms and shared living, dining and garden areas. The home can accommodate 68 people. At the time of the assessment 60 people lived at the service. We found 5 breaches of regulation relating to person centred care, safe care and treatment, consent, safeguarding service users from abuse and improper treatment and good governance. We found concerns about people not being protected from abuse and neglect. Concerns related to safety, incidents and accidents. We found concerns about a lack of consistent investigation and analysis when things had gone wrong. We found issues with Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) records and best interest documentation. In relation to person-centred care and need for consent we have requested the provider send us an action plan.

Safe: Requires Improvement
Effective: Requires Improvement
Caring: Requires Improvement
Responsive: Requires Improvement
Well-led: Requires Improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
Effective: How are staff training, nutrition and health outcomes checked now?
Caring: How do staff protect privacy, dignity and each person’s choices?
Responsive: How are care plans, activities and complaints adapted to each resident?
Well-led: What has changed in management, checks and oversight since this rating?

These are questions for your visit, not a claim about conditions today.

Read Harborne Lane Nursing Home's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Harborne Lane Nursing Home, consider asking...

1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Harborne Lane Nursing Home, look out for...

1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Harborne Lane Nursing Home's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees