Old Vicarage Nursing Home

Track record

Registered in January 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.

CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2016–2022), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Inspected but not rated.

At 6 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.

6 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 25 February 2022.

Choice nearby

There are 7 other care homes within 3 miles, 4 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Meadowbrook Care Home, 0.5 miles away.

4 of the 8 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Selattyn & Gobowen ward, classed by ONS as larger rural (further from a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (1 min), a shop (1 min), a café (1 min) and a railway station (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

Ownership and company checks

Old Vicarage Nursing Home is run by Sure Care (uk) Limited (company 04738408), incorporated in 2003, 7 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse.

Sure Care (UK) Limited runs 3 CQC-registered services across 3 council areas; 3 of the 3 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

Costs to expect

We estimate Old Vicarage Nursing Home at £1,380–£1,690 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £72k–£88k.

If nursing care is needed, the NHS pays a weekly NHS-funded nursing care contribution directly to the home, whoever pays the rest.

If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Shropshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.

What the ratings tell you

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 69 of the 102 other care homes in Shropshire that CQC has rated.