Residential care home · Devon

Briarcroft Care Home

Dawlish Road, Teignmouth, TQ14 8TG

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 6 May 2023 Rated 3 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

  • February 2022Inspected, no new rating
  • February 2018GoodSECRW
  • February 2017Requires improvementSECRW
  • October 2016Requires improvementSECRW
  • September 2015GoodSECRW

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Devon

Briarcroft Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 27 other homes in Devon. 90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 21 (7%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 28 (9%)
  • Good 189 (62%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 20 (7%)
  • Requires improvement 28 (9%)
  • Inadequate 2 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 18 (6%)

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Briarcroft Care Home at a glance

Briarcroft Care Home is one of 306 care homes in Devon: a 20-bed residential care home in Teignmouth, run by TLC Care(UK) Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults.

CQC's latest rating, from May 2023, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Before that, in February 2018, it was rated Good.

In Devon, 90% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from March 2025. That is true of 86% of homes in Devon. About 0.3 km away, Croft Lodge is rated Good.