Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from February 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Exmouth, EX8 1JX
- 25 beds
The Firs
The Firs is a care home in Witheridge, run by South West Care Homes Limited. CQC rated it Good overall in March 2022 (last checked 4 March 2022). It has 27 beds. It is registered to support people living with dementia and older people.
- Care home without nursing
27 Fore Street, Witheridge, Devon, EX16 8AH
What CQC says
Overall rating
Goodrated 4 years ago (4 March 2022)
The service is performing well and meeting expectations.
Up from Requires improvement, 9 December 2020.
Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)Last checked by CQC: 4 March 2022.
The five key questions
CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.
Is it safe?
Goodrated 5 years ago (9 December 2020)Is it effective?
Goodrated 5 years ago (9 December 2020)Is it caring?
Goodrated 4 years ago (4 March 2022)Is it responsive to people’s needs?
Goodrated 4 years ago (4 March 2022)Is it well-led?
Goodrated 4 years ago (4 March 2022)
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Understanding this rating
Plain facts about how CQC rates and inspects services, as CQC describes them. This is not advice and not a rating of ours.
This rating is from March 2022. That is more than 2 years ago. A service can change a lot in that time, for better or worse. CQC decides when to inspect again.
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Earlier ratings
Overall ratings this service had before, newest first. These are CQC’s own earlier ratings.
- Requires improvement9 December 2020Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Inadequate19 February 2020Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement27 April 2019Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement18 September 2018Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement22 March 2018Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Good28 July 2017Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Good12 November 2016Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement3 June 2015Read the report (opens in a new tab)
About this service
- Type of care
- Care home without nursing
- Who it supports
- Dementia, Older people
- Number of beds
- 27
- Nursing care
- No, personal care only
- Registered since
- 19 January 2011
- Local council area
- Devon
Who runs it
- Provider
- South West Care Homes Limited
- Brand
- BRAND SWCH Ltd
- Kind of provider
- Company or organisation
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