The Ferns Residential Home
Residential care home in Shrewsbury, registered for 37 beds. Regulated by CQC.
This rating was inherited from a previous registration rather than earned at a fresh inspection.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Safe | Good |
| Caring | Good |
| Responsive | Good |
| Effective | Requires improvement |
| Well-led | Requires improvement |
Details
- Type of care
- Residential care home
- Registered places
- 37
- Address
- 152 Longden Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 9ED
- Telephone
- 01743368039
- Registered provider
- The Ferns Care Home Limited
- Registered since
- 2024-03-07
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury
- Regulator record
- View on cqc.org.uk
At 37 beds it is larger than 82% of the 76 residential care homes in Shropshire.
Evidence and freshness
This is a permanent CareFacts record built from the service’s regulator identifier. It is evidence from the public register, not a recommendation or a live vacancy check.
- CareFacts record ID
e1-18444660275- Regulator location ID
1-18444660275- Current source release
- CQC active locations, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2022-04-14
A newer source release may change the registration, operator, capacity or rating shown here. CareFacts preserves the identifier so future real changes can be compared once more than one compatible snapshot exists.
Who this service is for
- Dementia
- Older People
- Physical Disability
- Caring for adults over 65 yrs
- Physical disabilities
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Source: CQC active locations, archived 2026-10-07. Ratings and inspection dates are published by CQC and reproduced here under the Open Government Licence. Always check the regulator’s own record before making a decision.
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