Nursing home · Plymouth

Cann House Care Home

Cann House, Tamerton Foliot Road, Plymouth, PL5 4LE

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 10 April 2025 Rated 1 year ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown5 of 8 below good
    • Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
    • Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
    • SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
    • Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
    • Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Learning cultureGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 6 good
    • Assessing needsGood
    • Consent to care and treatmentGood
    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
    • 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
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • 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
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown4 of 7 below good
    • Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
    • Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
    • Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Shared direction and cultureGood
    • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood

Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?

CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 9 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • November 2022GoodSECRW
  • October 2021Requires improvementSECRW
  • August 2020Inspected, no new rating
  • August 2020Inspected, no new rating
  • August 2018GoodSECRW
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  • July 2017Requires improvementSECRW
  • November 2016InadequateSECRW
  • January 2016GoodSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Plymouth

Cann House 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%).

  • Outstanding 8 (9%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 8 (9%)
  • Good 45 (52%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 5 (6%)
  • Requires improvement 17 (20%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 2 (2%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Kazdin
    Plymouth · PL6 5ES · Residential care home · 3 beds1.1 km
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  • The Bungalow
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Stepping Stones
    Plymouth · PL5 3QB · Residential care home · 15 beds1.8 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago
  • Manor House
    Plymouth · PL6 5JE · Residential care home · 30 beds2.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
  • Down House
    Plymouth · PL6 8AA · Nursing home · 49 beds2.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Sunnymeade Quality Care
    Plymouth · PL6 8AE · Residential care home · 40 beds2.5 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago

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Cann House Care Home in brief

Cann House Care Home is a 62-bed nursing home in Plymouth, run by Premiere Health Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Plymouth are smaller: the median there is 24 beds.

About 1.1 km away, Kazdin is rated Good. 16 other homes in Plymouth share its tier, “Requires improvement”.

The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in April 2025. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Before that, in November 2022, it was rated Good. Ratings in Plymouth are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 9 fell below good. The lowest was “involving people to manage risks” (significant shortfalls).