Care home · Walsall
Shire Oaks Court
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- Brownhills Road, Walsall, WS8 7BP
- Run by
- Shire Oaks Court Health Care Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 30 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- April 2023 (3 years)
- Part of
- Exemplar Health Care Limited
- Registered manager
- Agnieszka Monika Bednarek
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2022 (4 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 14022827)
- Last CQC check
- 1 Aug 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,380–£1,690 a week for nursing care (dementia). Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-15521851030
About this home
Shire Oaks Court is a CQC-registered nursing home in Walsall, run by Shire Oaks Court Health Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia, physical disabilities and mental health conditions.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (August 2024). It is one of 10 CQC-registered care homes in and around Brownhills; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
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 29 of the 63 other care homes in Walsall that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 75% overall.
Scores behind the rating
Under its newer approach, CQC marks each "quality statement" from 1 to 4 and converts the marks into a percentage per area. Averaged across the five areas, Shire Oaks Court scores 75%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 75%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 75%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 75%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Key: 4 = exceptional, 3 = good, 2 = some shortfalls, 1 = significant shortfalls. Source: CQC, assessed 8 May 2024, published 1 August 2024, Open Government Licence. Unscored statements weren't reviewed this time and keep their previous result.
Earlier inspections
- Aug 2024
- Today Rating 2 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Aldridge North & Walsall Wood
- Council
- Walsall Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Aldridge-Brownhills
- NHS planning area
- NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in WS8 (6)
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Around the building
- Bus stop 160 m (2 min walk) · 23 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery St. Johns Medical Centre, 890 m (11 min walk)
- Pharmacy Touchwood Pharmacy, 120 m (2 min walk)
- Shop Your Coop Food, 100 m (1 min walk)
- Park Oak Park, 240 m (3 min walk)
- Place of worship Walsall Wood Methodist Church, 250 m (3 min walk)
- Library Walsall Wood Library, 620 m (8 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
History with CQC
Registered in April 2023, it has 3 years on the CQC register.
CQC has rated it once overall, as Good, in August 2024.
Specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
The company behind Shire Oaks Court
Shire Oaks Court is run by Shire Oaks Court Health Care Limited (company 14022827), incorporated in 2022, 1 year before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is nursing care.
It trades under the Exemplar Health Care Limited brand, which covers 58 services run by 58 registered providers.
What inspectors found
- There were some instances where risk assessments had not been completed individually or in full to show the correct levels of risk.
- We found there were also some instances where care plans were not in place for people.
- This had been identified by the provider and there were plans in place to make these improvements, this had not impacted on people or the care they received.
- People and relatives were happy with their experiences within the home.
Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
How it fits locally
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 15 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is The Hamptons Retirement Home Ltd, under 0.5 miles away.
10 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Aldridge North & Walsall Wood ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Black Country ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (2 min), a shop (1 min), a park (3 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The five key questions
- Safe75% score41 of 64 in Walsall
- Effective75% score47 of 64 in Walsall
- Caring75% score49 of 64 in Walsall
- Responsive75% score45 of 64 in Walsall
- Well-led75% score30 of 64 in Walsall
As rated by CQC, published 1 August 2024. Under each rating: how many care homes in Walsall share it.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Shire Oaks Court 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.
NHS-funded nursing care covers part of the nursing cost for eligible residents and is paid directly to the home.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Walsall Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
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Quick answers about Shire Oaks Court
- How much does Shire Oaks Court charge?
- Shire Oaks Court has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,295 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in West Midlands). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- How is Shire Oaks Court rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Shire Oaks Court: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How many beds does Shire Oaks Court have?
- Shire Oaks Court is registered for up to 30 residents. Ask about current vacancies and whether rooms have en-suite facilities.
- Which provider runs Shire Oaks Court?
- The registered provider is Shire Oaks Court Health Care Limited, according to CQC.
- Is Shire Oaks Court registered for dementia care?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- When was Shire Oaks Court last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 1 August 2024, 2 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Where is Shire Oaks Court?
- It is at Brownhills Road, Walsall, WS8 7BP.
- Is Shire Oaks Court registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-15521851030 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in August 2024.
- What type of care does Shire Oaks Court provide?
- CQC lists Shire Oaks Court under: nursing homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
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