Roborough House
Roborough House is a care home with nursing in Plymouth, run by Roborough House Ltd. CQC rated it Requires improvement overall in January 2023 (last checked 26 January 2023). It has 44 beds. It is registered to support people living with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with a sensory impairment and people with a learning disability or autism.
- Care home with nursing
Tamerton Road, Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 7BQ
What CQC says
Overall rating
The service is not performing as well as it should.
Up from Inadequate, 21 September 2022.
Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)Last checked by CQC: 26 January 2023.
The five key questions
CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.
Is it safe?
Goodrated 3 years ago (26 January 2023)Is it effective?
Requires improvementrated 3 years ago (26 January 2023)Is it caring?
Goodrated 8 years ago (15 March 2018)Is it responsive to people’s needs?
Goodrated 8 years ago (15 March 2018)Is it well-led?
Requires improvementrated 3 years ago (26 January 2023)
Not sure what the ratings mean? Read how CQC ratings work.
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 January 2023. 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.
What CQC looks at
Effective: Requires improvement
CQC checks whether care gets good results for people and follows good practice. It looks at how needs are assessed, food and drink, working with GPs and other services, and asking people for their consent.
Questions you could ask
- How do you find out what someone needs before their care starts?
- How do you work with GPs, nurses and other services?
- How do you make sure people get enough to eat and drink?
Well-led: Requires improvement
CQC checks how well the service is run. It looks at the managers and leaders, the culture, how the service checks and improves its own quality, and whether staff feel able to speak up.
Questions you could ask
- Who is the registered manager, and how can families contact them?
- How do you check the quality of care yourselves?
- How can staff raise worries, and how are they supported when they do?
Questions you could ask
- What has changed since the last inspection?
How often CQC looks again
There is no fixed timetable. CQC decides when to look at a service again. It uses the information it holds about the service and how much risk it sees. It may look sooner if it hears of concerns.
Earlier ratings
Overall ratings this service had before, newest first. These are CQC’s own earlier ratings.
- Inadequate21 September 2022Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement6 January 2021Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Good15 March 2018Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement16 February 2017Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement5 July 2016Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement2 April 2016Read the report (opens in a new tab)
About this service
- Type of care
- Care home with nursing
- Who it supports
- Dementia, Physical disability, Sensory impairment, Learning disability or autism, Mental health needs
- Number of beds
- 44
- Nursing care
- Yes, nurses are on hand
- Registered since
- 15 December 2010
- Local council area
- Devon
Who runs it
- Provider
- Roborough House Ltd
- Brand
- BRAND CareTech Community Services
- Kind of provider
- Company or organisation