Dementia Care Home

St Georges Park Nursing Home

School Street, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 9LL

Nursing homes

At a Glance

The information you need to decide whether this home warrants a closer look.

DCC Family Score
73/ 100
Weighted from family reviews
Dementia SpecialismConfirmed

Nursing homes

Families Rate The Staff72 / 100

Staff warmth score

“Well Looked After”70%

of reviewers answered yes

Good to know

  • Registered beds70
  • SpecialismsCaring for adults over 65 yrs, Caring for adults under 65 yrs, Dementia, Mental health conditions
  • Last inspected2022-12-07

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The Evidence

What the review data, the inspection reports, and the dementia-care evidence base tell us about this home.

Section 01

What families say

Families describe feeling genuinely supported here, particularly during challenging times. The management team seems to understand what relatives go through, offering reassurance when it's needed most.

The eight family priority themes

  • Staff warmth72
  • Compassion & dignity72
  • Cleanliness70
  • Activities & engagement65
  • Food quality65
  • Healthcare70
  • Management & leadership75
  • Resident happiness70
Section 02

What inspectors found

Inspected 2022-12-07

  • Is this home safe?

    Good
    The inspection rated the Safe domain as Good. This is a meaningful finding given the home's previous Requires Improvement rating, suggesting that whatever concerns existed around safety have been addressed. The home provides nursing care for 70 people, including those living with dementia and mental health conditions, which places significant demands on safe staffing and medicines management. The published inspection text does not include specific detail about night staffing ratios, agency staff use, falls management, or medicines administration processes. These areas are where safety most commonly slips in nursing homes of this type and size.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is the care effective?

    Good
    The inspection rated the Effective domain as Good. This covers training, care planning, healthcare access, and food. The home is registered to provide nursing care, which means registered nurses should be present around the clock, and it holds a dementia specialism. The published findings do not include specific detail about how care plans are written or reviewed, what dementia training staff receive, how GP and specialist input is arranged, or what the food offer looks like for residents with different dietary needs. These are the areas that matter most when your parent has complex health needs.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is this home caring?

    Good
    The inspection rated the Caring domain as Good. This domain covers staff warmth, dignity, respect, and independence. A Good rating in Caring is the most directly meaningful domain rating for families because it reflects how inspectors observed staff treating residents on the day. However, the published text for this report does not include specific observations, resident testimony, or relative feedback that would allow a more detailed picture. The absence of quoted evidence does not mean the rating is undeserved, but it does mean families need to gather their own observations on a visit.
    Verified by inspectorResident testimony recorded
  • Is the home responsive?

    Good
    The inspection rated the Responsive domain as Good. This domain covers activities, individual engagement, choice, and end-of-life care. The home is registered to care for people with dementia and mental health conditions, a group that often cannot self-advocate for meaningful activity or express when they are bored or distressed. A Good rating indicates inspectors were satisfied with how the home responds to individual needs. The published findings do not include specific detail about the activities programme, one-to-one engagement for residents who cannot join groups, or how end-of-life wishes are documented and respected.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is the home well-led?

    Good
    The inspection rated the Well-led domain as Good. This is particularly significant because the home previously held a Requires Improvement rating, meaning the current leadership team has overseen a measurable turnaround. Good Well-led ratings typically reflect a manager who is visible and known to staff and residents, a governance structure that identifies and acts on problems, and a culture where staff feel able to raise concerns. The published findings do not include specific detail about the manager's tenure, staff turnover, or how the home monitors quality between inspections.
    Verified by inspector
  • Source: CQC inspection report →

    Section 03

    What the evidence base says

    The home welcomes adults both under and over 65, with particular experience in dementia and mental health conditions. For those living with dementia, the team shows understanding of how to provide meaningful support. Families have noticed staff responding well to individual needs. All areas worth probing directly during a visit.

The DCC Verdict

Our editorial view, built from the three lenses: what families tell us, what inspectors record, and how the home sits against good dementia-care practice.

73/ 100

DCC Family Score

St Georges Park scores 73 out of 100. This reflects a genuine improvement from a previous Requires Improvement rating to a Good across all five domains, but the published inspection text provides limited specific detail on daily life, meaning several important areas for families must be explored directly with the home.

Homes in West Midlands typically score 68–82.

The three-lens summary

Lens 01

What families tell us

Families describe feeling genuinely supported here, particularly during challenging times. The management team seems to understand what relatives go through, offering reassurance when it's needed most.

Lens 02

What inspectors have recorded

The care team here appears particularly skilled at end-of-life support, with several families noting how staff helped them through their loved one's final days. Day-to-day care seems attentive and responsive, though there have been some concerns about cleanliness in certain areas that the home will need to address.

Lens 03

How it sits against good practice

If you're considering St Georges Park, visiting in person will help you get a feel for whether it's right for your family.

DCC Recommendation

Worth a visit

St Georges Park, on School Street in Telford, was rated Good at its inspection in November 2022, with Good ratings across all five domains: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive, and Well-led. Importantly, this represents a step up from a previous rating of Requires Improvement, which tells you the leadership team identified problems and acted on them. The home is a 70-bed nursing home registered to care for people living with dementia and mental health conditions, as well as older and younger adults, making it one of the more complex services in its area. The main uncertainty here is practical: the published inspection text available for this report is limited, meaning this Family View cannot confirm specific details about daily life, staffing numbers, food, activities, or how staff interact with residents. A Good rating matters, but it is a starting point, not a guarantee. When you visit, ask to see last week's actual staffing rota, note whether staff greet your parent by their preferred name without being prompted, and ask the manager directly what changed between the Requires Improvement rating and this one. The answers to those questions will tell you more than any inspection report.

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In Their Own Words

How St Georges Park Nursing Home describes itself — collected from its own website. DCC has not edited or independently verified the content in this tab.

What St Georges Park Nursing Home says about itself

Compassionate support when families need it most

St Georges Park – Expert Care in Telford

When you're looking for care in Telford, finding somewhere that truly supports both residents and families matters deeply. St Georges Park focuses on providing reassuring care for people over 65, including those living with dementia or mental health conditions. The home has built a reputation for being there during life's most difficult moments.

Care & specialisms

Who they care for

    The home welcomes adults both under and over 65, with particular experience in dementia and mental health conditions.

    How they describe their dementia care

    For those living with dementia, the team shows understanding of how to provide meaningful support. Families have noticed staff responding well to individual needs.

    “If you're considering St Georges Park, visiting in person will help you get a feel for whether it's right for your family.”

    DCC does not edit or curate content in this tab. For independently curated information, see The Evidence and DCC Verdict.

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