Care home · Church Stretton
Stretton Hall Nursing Home
- Address
- Shrewsbury Road, All Stretton, Church Stretton, SY6 6HG
- Run by
- Welford Healthcare MC Ltd (7 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 50 (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
- January 2023 (3 years)
- Part of
- Welford Healthcare
- Registered manager
- *
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2022 (4 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 14227741)
- Last CQC check
- 19 Jan 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,380–£1,690 a week for nursing care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-13937184539
An overview of Stretton Hall Nursing Home
Stretton Hall Nursing Home in Church Stretton is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home, run by Welford Healthcare MC Ltd. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities and learning disabilities among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (January 2026). Safe was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 5 CQC-registered care homes in and around Church Stretton; 2 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Stretton Hall 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.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Shropshire Council after a needs and financial assessment.
How it fits locally
There are 4 other care homes within 3 miles, 1 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Field House, 1.1 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: dementia (2 of the nearest 8).
Its rating is more recent than any of the 7 nearest rated care homes.
It sits in The Strettons ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB.
Few everyday amenities are within a short walk, so visitors will mostly come by car; the nearest bus stop is under 0.5 miles away.
The five key questions
- Safe62% score18 of 103 in Shropshire
- Effective75% score92 of 103 in Shropshire
- Caring70% score84 of 103 in Shropshire
- Responsive71% score89 of 103 in Shropshire
- Well-led71% score70 of 103 in Shropshire
From CQC's latest report, published 19 January 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Shropshire share it.
The registered provider
Stretton Hall Nursing Home is run by Welford Healthcare Mc Ltd (company 14227741), incorporated in 2022.
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 residential care for older and disabled people.
Welford Healthcare MC Ltd runs 7 CQC-registered services across 4 council areas; 7 of the 7 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
4 of its services are in Shropshire.
It trades under the Welford Healthcare brand, which covers 34 services run by 20 registered providers.
From the latest CQC inspection
- We undertook this assessment due to concerns we had received regarding shortage of staff a closed culture and poor practices of care.
- People and some staff told us there were not enough staff present to provide the care required.
- We found at times areas of the home did not have enough staff deployed.
- During our observation, one person told us, “They are slow at serving food, not sure why”.
Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Who it can help
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
History with CQC
Registered in January 2023, it has 3 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2015–2026), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
How the scores break down
CQC's single assessment framework gives every quality statement a score out of 4, then reports each key question as a percentage. Averaged across the five areas, Stretton Hall Nursing Home scores 70%.
Safe 62%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing2 · Some shortfalls
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation1 · Significant shortfalls
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 70%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs2 · Some shortfalls
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 71%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access2 · Some shortfalls
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 71%
- 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 sustainability2 · Some shortfalls
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Scores: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. From CQC's assessment, assessed 6 October 2025, published 19 January 2026 (Open Government Licence). A statement with no score was not looked at in this assessment; its earlier result still counts.
How its rating has changed
- Apr 2015
- May 2017
- Nov 2019
- Jan 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 3 (generally satisfactory), from an inspection on 19 November 2025 by Shropshire. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Stretton Hall Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- The Strettons
- Council
- Shropshire Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Shropshire
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Smaller rural, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in SY6 (5)
See the wider area · Plan a journey · Map data: OpenStreetMap contributors
Local amenities
- Bus stop 50 m (1 min walk)
- Railway station Church Stretton, 1.9 km
- Place of worship St Michael and All Angels, 460 m (6 min walk)
Straight-line distances to the nearest of each, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Walking routes are longer; check for hills and crossings if you plan to take a relative out.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
Reading Stretton Hall Nursing Home's CQC ratings
Area by area, Safe is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Shropshire, 18 of 103 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (17%).
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Effective at 75% and its lowest is Safe at 62%, averaging 70% overall.
If you are considering it, read the Safe section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
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Stretton Hall Nursing Home questions answered
- Does Stretton Hall Nursing Home support people with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- When did CQC last rate Stretton Hall Nursing Home?
- 19 January 2026 is when the current rating was published. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Where is Stretton Hall Nursing Home?
- It is at Shrewsbury Road, All Stretton, Church Stretton, SY6 6HG.
- Is Stretton Hall Nursing Home a registered provider?
- Yes. Stretton Hall Nursing Home is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-13937184539) and was rated Good overall in January 2026.
- What type of care does Stretton Hall Nursing Home provide?
- Stretton Hall Nursing Home is registered for nursing homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- What are Stretton Hall Nursing Home's fees?
- Stretton Hall Nursing Home has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,295 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in West Midlands). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- How did Stretton Hall Nursing Home score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Stretton Hall Nursing Home: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How many residents can Stretton Hall Nursing Home take?
- Stretton Hall Nursing Home is registered for up to 50 residents. Ask about current vacancies and whether rooms have en-suite facilities.
- Who is the registered provider for Stretton Hall Nursing Home?
- On CQC's register the provider is Welford Healthcare MC Ltd.
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Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.