Ashbourne Care Home
Lightwood Road, Dudley, DY1 2RS · Dudley · West Midlands
38 beds · operated by Care Plus London Limited
CQC marks this as an inherited rating — carried over from the location's previous registration (for example after a change of ownership), not from an inspection of the current registration.
Diligence verdict
Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 2 years old, and 2 of this operator's 3 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- SafeRequires improvement8 Mar 2024EffectiveRequires improvement8 Mar 2024CaringRequires improvement8 Mar 2024ResponsiveRequires improvement8 Mar 2024Well-ledRequires improvement8 Mar 2024
- Age of rating
- 2 years old — published 8 Mar 2024. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 2 of 3 of Care Plus London Limited's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Requires improvement | 8 Mar 2024 |
| Effective | Requires improvement | 8 Mar 2024 |
| Caring | Requires improvement | 8 Mar 2024 |
| Responsive | Requires improvement | 8 Mar 2024 |
| Well-led | Requires improvement | 8 Mar 2024 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 2 other locations
Other active services registered to Care Plus London Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| The Lodge Care Home | Requires improvement10 Nov 2023 | Derbyshire |
| Whittington Care Home | Good29 Jun 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Derbyshire |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 22 Mar 2024
- Beds
- 38
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-18731915443
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.