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Chypons Residential Home

Chypons, Clifton Hill, Penzance, TR18 5BU

Goodpublished 16 February 2026, 6 months ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Chypons Residential Home on 4 May 2023. 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 Chypons Residential Home

4 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. May 2023Requires improvementcurrent rating
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. November 2020Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  3. March 2018Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. December 2015Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. February 2015Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. April 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. January 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. November 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. August 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. March 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. August 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  12. May 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  13. May 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 18 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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