Skip to content
CQC ExplainedEvery inspection report, in plain English

CQC report explained · a residential care home, run by Waters Park House

Arguam House

50 Valletort Road, Stoke, Plymouth, PL1 5PN

Requires improvementpublished 8 August 2023, 3 years ago

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

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Good
Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?
Good
Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?
Good
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Good
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Requires improvement
Is the service run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC published its most recent report on Arguam House on 8 August 2023. We are still reading it. Check back soon, or read the report itself on cqc.org.uk.

Read the report on cqc.org.uk
The story over the years

Every inspection of Arguam House

3 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. August 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingdown from Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

    We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk

  2. August 2018Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

    We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk

  3. July 2017Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  4. December 2015

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 3 December 2015.

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.

Another option

Or stay at home with a private carer

Many people who look at care homes end up staying at home with a carer who comes in for a few hours a day, or lives in. PrimeCarers introduces you to self-employed carers you choose yourself: interviewed, ID and DBS checked, from about £20 an hour or £1,120 a week live-in.

About live-in careHow PrimeCarers works
Same provider

Other services run by Waters Park House Limited

1 other service on the CQC register. A pattern across a group tells you more than one report.

Nearby

Other care homes near Plymouth

All in Plymouth

St James's Lodge

Plymouth, PL1 · 0.1 km
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 8 months agocare home

Waterloo House

Plymouth, PL1 · 0.3 km
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 11 months agocare home

Camellia House

Plymouth, PL3 · 0.4 km
Good
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Durnsford Lodge

Plymouth, PL3 · 0.4 km
Not yet rated
Residential
Not yet ratedcare home