SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 19 good, 14 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. ?
Burrow Down Shortbreaks is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 11 other homes in Torbay.
80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Burrow Down Support Services Limited runs Burrow Down Shortbreaks, a residential care home in Torquay, Torbay with room for 6 residents. It is registered to care for younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. It is a small home for Torbay, where the median is 26 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in January 2026. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. That is down from Good in October 2021. That is more recent than most ratings in Torbay, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 14 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “consent to care and treatment”.
0 of Burrow Down Support Services Limited’s 2 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). The nearest home with a higher rating is Moorleigh Residential Care Home (Good), 0.7 km away. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2025. That is true of 83% of homes in Torbay. In Torbay, 80% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
