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Alban House Residential Care Home

8-10 Apsley Terrace, Ilfracombe, EX34 9JU

Requires improvementpublished 19 February 2026, 6 months ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Alban House Residential Care Home on 24 February 2022. We are still reading it. Check back soon, or read the report itself on cqc.org.uk.

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The story over the years

Every inspection of Alban House Residential Care Home

5 rated inspections over 4 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. February 2022Inspected but not ratedcurrent rating
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  2. April 2021Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. February 2021Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  4. October 2019Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. August 2018Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. April 2017Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  7. December 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. January 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. May 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 19 May 2011.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission. A service can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections, not every contact the CQC has had with the service.

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