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The Ridings Care HomeBirmingham

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Rated:GoodResidential & Nursing

The Ridings Care Home

Farnborough Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B35 7NR
01217488770
Care Type

Residential & Nursing Care

Assessment date

2 June 2025

Provider

Dukeries Healthcare Limited

Beds

83 beds

About The Ridings Care Home

The Ridings Care Home is a nursing and residential care home in Birmingham, providing both nursing and residential care to adults living with dementia, people with learning disabilities, autistic people and those with acquired brain injuries. The findings below set out what CQC inspectors found on their most recent visit.

The Ridings Care Home is a purpose built nursing home supporting adults living with dementia, people with learning disabilities, autistic people and those with acquired brain injuries, across nursing and residential areas. Inspectors previously found five breaches of regulation, covering safety, consent, dignity, person-centred care and governance. This assessment found significant improvements, with no breaches remaining, and rated the service Good overall.

Inspectors found people were supported to manage risks safely, treated with dignity and respect, and that consent was properly sought. People and relatives spoke warmly of kind, responsive staff and enjoyable food, though views on activities were mixed, with some residents saying they became bored. People felt safe and knew how to raise concerns if needed.

Source: CQC assessment, 14 August 2025

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder peopleYounger 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 21 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service
Care home service with nursing; Care home service without nursing; Rehabilitation services
Registered capacity
83 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked
Registered · B35 7NR

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia.

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: Good.

Assessment published 14 August 2025. Assessment date recorded: 2 June 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 14 August 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of assessment: 11 June to 30 June 2025. The Ridings Care Home is a nursing home providing support to adults of all ages living with dementia and with nursing needs. They also support people with learning disabilities and autistic people, and people with acquired brain injuries. It is a purpose built care home across 3 floors. People have their own bedrooms and shared living, dining and garden areas. The Ridings Care Home is registered to accommodate 83 people. There were 42 people living at the service at the time of the assessment. The home was divided into 4 areas which were in use at the time of our assessment. Two areas were for people requiring nursing care. The assessment was completed to review the progress of the service since our last inspection in September 2024, in which we found 5 breaches of regulation. The breaches were about the safety of the care provided to people, a failure to always seek consent from people, a lack of regard for people’s dignity and need for respect, a failure to ensure care was person centred and poor systems of governance. At this inspection we found significant improvements had been made and that the service was no longer in breach of any regulations. We saw that people were supported to manage risks to their health and wellbeing safely. Staff obtained people’s consent whenever possible before providing care. They understood people may have capacity to make some decisions but need help with others. People were treated with dignity and respect. Systems were in place to monitor and improve the quality of care provided. These systems were effective. We have assessed the service against ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ guidance to make judgements about whether the provider guaranteed people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted.

Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good

Read The Ridings Care 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 The Ridings Care Home, consider asking...

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

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit The Ridings Care Home, look out for...

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

Could the NHS fund The Ridings Care 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.

Location

Farnborough Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B35 7NR

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The Ridings Care Home

CQC overall rating

Good

Assessment date: 2 June 2025

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