Evergreen

History with CQC

CQC registration dates from January 2011, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.

CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2016–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.

It has gone 7 years without a new overall rating. CQC schedules inspections by risk, so this is not a bad sign in itself, though leadership may have moved on.

6 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 11 June 2019.

The ratings in context

CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 155 of the 251 other care homes in Birmingham that CQC has rated.

How it fits locally

Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 16 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Ash House, under 0.5 miles away.

It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: dementia (8 of the nearest 25).

15 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Sparkhill ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (2 min), a pharmacy (7 min), a shop (6 min), a park (4 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

Budgeting for this home

We estimate Evergreen at £1,210–£1,470 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £63k–£76k.

Ask whether the fee changes if needs increase, and what is extra: hairdressing, chiropody, outings and newspapers are often charged separately.

People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Birmingham Council after a needs and financial assessment.

The company behind Evergreen

Evergreen is run by Accomplish Group Limited (company 02147328), incorporated in 1987, 23 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 11 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is other human health activities.

Accomplish Group Limited runs 25 CQC-registered services across 15 council areas; 22 of the 24 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (92%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

6 of its services are in Birmingham.

It trades under the Accomplish Group brand, which covers 57 services run by 14 registered providers.