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Swan Hill House Residential Home
ResidentialShrewsbury, Shropshire · SY1 1NQ
CQC: Requires improvementOver 65s28 beds
Residential care homeCQC: Requires improvement
Ideal Home
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 5DH
Key details
- Address
- Bicton Heath House, Knowsley Drive Gains Park, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 5DH
- Care provided
- Residential home
- CQC rating
- CQC: Requires improvementreport published 24 August 2023
- Beds
- 44
- CQC registered since
- 2025
- Operated by
- Croftwood Care (Cheshire) Limited
- Brand
- BRAND Minster Care Group
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- CQC record
- View on cqc.org.uk
How it compares locally
55
registered homes in Shrewsbury
38/49
local rated homes Good or Outstanding
44
beds, local median 15
This overall rating was published about 2 years ago. Read the current CQC record for newer assessments or actions that may not change the overall rating immediately.
Specialist care
Ideal Home is registered to provide care for people with the following needs:
Caring for adults under 65 yrsDementiaCaring for adults over 65 yrs
About Ideal Home
Based in Shrewsbury in Shropshire (SY3 5DH), Ideal Home is a residential care home run by Croftwood Care (Cheshire) Limited. It is a larger home with 44 beds. The home supports residents with day-to-day personal care; it is not registered to provide on-site nursing. Its current CQC registration dates from 2025.
The Care Quality Commission rated it Requires improvement in its latest inspection report, published August 2023. It is worth reading the full report on the CQC website and asking the home what has changed since. There are 54 other care homes nearby if you want to compare options. Contact the home directly to check vacancies and fees, and try to visit in person before deciding.
Data source and freshness
Core registration, operator, contact and service data comes from the official CQC directory dated 2026-08-05. Ratings and bed counts come from the CQC active-locations dataset. We compare directory releases by CQC location ID so real changes can update this page without inventing new copy.
Open the source dataset. Details can change between releases, so verify the current CQC record and confirm fees, services and vacancies directly with the home.
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