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Heanton Nursing Home

Heanton, Barnstaple, EX31 4DJ

Goodpublished 18 September 2025, 11 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 Heanton Nursing Home on 17 April 2021. 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 Heanton Nursing Home

7 rated inspections over 2 years: the service has improved, from Good to Outstanding.

  1. April 2021Inspected but not ratedcurrent rating
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  2. September 2018Outstandingup from Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: OutstandingResponsive: GoodWell-led: Outstanding

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  3. May 2018Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. May 2017Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvement

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  5. April 2017Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. December 2016Goodstayed Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvement

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  7. September 2016Goodstayed Good
    Responsive: Good

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  8. May 2016Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  9. February 2016

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 1 February 2016.

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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