SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?31%Inadequate
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?46%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSignificant shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?50%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?50%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 8 good, 25 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Ardent Residential Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 16 other homes in Plymouth.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Ardent Residential Care Home
Ardent Residential Care Home is a 23-bed residential care home in Plymouth, run by Autonomy Health Ltd. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
CQC's latest rating, from March 2025, is Requires improvement overall. Effective, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated safe as Inadequate. CQC rated caring as Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in April 2023. The typical rating in Plymouth is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 25 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “assessing needs”.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in December 2024. That is true of 87% of homes in Plymouth. 16 other homes in Plymouth share its tier, “Requires improvement”. About 0.1 km away, Vale Lodge Residential Home is rated Good. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment.
