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Furzeham Lodge Care Home

Higher Furzeham Road, Brixham, TQ5 8BL

Goodpublished 26 September 2020, 5 years ago

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

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?
Good
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 has not yet published an inspection report for Furzeham Lodge Care Home. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Furzeham Lodge Care Home

3 rated inspections over 4 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. September 2020Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  2. April 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. September 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  4. July 2025

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 8 July 2025.

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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