CQC report explained · a residential care home, run by Sussex Care

St George's House

8 Park Road, Tiverton, EX16 6AU

Requires improvementpublished 11 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?: Requires improvement; 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 has not yet published an inspection report for St George's House. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of St George's House

4 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

August 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingdown from Good
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
May 2018Goodstayed Good
Safe: GoodWell-led: Good
April 2017Goodstayed Good
Safe: Good
March 2016Good
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
December 2025
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 8 December 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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