Care home

Highbury House Mental Health Unit

Nursing home in Stourbridge, Dudley

Rushcliffe Care Group

Highbury House Mental Health Unit

Nursing home in Stourbridge, Dudley

Operated by Rushcliffe Care Group

CQC Requires improvement20 bedsDementiaNursing
NeighbourhoodWell Served
What do these badges mean?
  • Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
AddressParkfield Road, Stourbridge, DY8 1HB
Beds20

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About

Highbury House Mental Health Unit is a care home in Stourbridge, in the Dudley area of the West Midlands. It occupies a converted rectory on Parkfield Road and has been registered with the Care Quality Commission since 1996. The home has 20 registered beds and provides dementia, nursing and residential care. It supports people with dementia, mental health needs, learning disabilities, physical disabilities and sensory impairment.

The Care Quality Commission rates Highbury House Requires Improvement overall, in a report published in 2024. Its key questions are graded Good for effective, caring and responsive care, and Requires Improvement for safe care and for well-led management.

Care provided

Dementia
Nursing
Residential

Specialist care

Dementia
Learning disabilities
Mental health
Physical disabilities
Sensory impairment

Facilities

Gardens

What's nearby

GP surgery0.8 miles
A&E: Russells Hall Hospital3.4 miles
Pub or bar150 m
  • Set back from main road noise
  • Fire station about 100 m away

Straight-line distances. Road and rail noise from government strategic noise mapping (modelled, not measured). A&E departments from the NHS website. Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors.

What’s in the area

Outdoor Spaces

  • AllotmentsPlentiful
  • Play SpaceSparse
  • Golf CourseSparse
  • Public ParkPlentiful
  • Tennis CourtAdequate
  • Bowling GreenAmple
  • Playing FieldAmple

Local Amenities

  • Pubs & BarsPlentiful
  • Restaurants & CafesAdequate
  • Retail ShoppingAmple
  • SupermarketsPlentiful
  • TakeawaysAmple

Local crime statistics

191 recorded crimes in the local area (April 2026)

Top categories:

Violent crime35%
Shoplifting20%
Public order12%
Other theft9%

Source: data.police.uk · within 1 mile

Fees and funding

Care typeWeekly feeSource
Residential careFees on request—
Dementia careFees on request—
Nursing careFees on request—
Funding accepted
Not stated

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Care fee trajectory

Indicative weekly fee by year, against what Dudley pays care homes.
YearCouncil rate (per week)
2024£707
2025£725

What Dudley council pays care homes, and whether it will help with fees

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Local health safety net

Highbury House Mental Health Unit is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Russells Hall Hospital, 3.4 miles away. The local GP practice is THREE VILLAGES MEDICAL PRACTICE, 0.8 miles away, rated ‘Inadequate’ by the CQC.

Nearest hospital · A&E
Russells Hall Hospital · 3.4 mi
Nearest GP · CQC Inadequate
THREE VILLAGES MEDICAL PRACTICE · 0.8 mi

Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.

Community & connection in Stourbridge

Local clubs, charities and support groups that help older residents stay active and connected.

Charity

Age Concern Stourbridge and Halesowen

To promote the relief of elderly people in any manner which now or hereinafter may be deemed by law to be charitable in and around those parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley which are known…

0.3 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1096783)
Charity

Dudley Stroke Association

To provide help advice, support, information to people who have suffered a stroke & family and friends. To raise awareness into stroke and its effects & how to reduce the risk. Promote setting up…

3.1 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1100960)
Charity

Dudley Crossroads

By providing support workers to look after disabled individuals, we allow time for carers to "be themselves" to pursue leisure/educational/social time as they wish, knowing their "cared fors" are…

3.1 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1054168)
Charity

Halesowen Project for the Elderly

Provides a comfortable meeting place at which retired citizens regardless of social class, race or creed can meet friends, have a chat or purchase refreshments. There is no membership fee to join.…

4.0 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (515744)
Charity

Wyre Forest Dial-a-ride

Provides a door to door community transport service for the residents of Wyre Forest District, Worcestershire and surrounding Counties who are in need of such a service because of age, sickness or…

6.8 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1110002)
Charity

Community Transport Helpline Limited

The principal objective of the charity is to provide a community transport service for such of the inhabitants of Bewdley and within the county of Worcestershire, who are in need of such a service…

6.8 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1114846)

Part of Rushcliffe Care Group

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Information last reviewed October 2026.

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