SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Good
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome 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 livesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?62%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSignificant 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?62%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySignificant shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Partnerships and communitiesSignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 18 good, 15 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Caritate Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 34 other homes in Cornwall.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent nursing home in Bodmin, Cornwall, Caritate Nursing Home is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 24 beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults and people with a physical disability.
CQC last rated the home in June 2024, giving it Requires improvement overall. Effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated safe, caring and responsive as Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in January 2023. The typical rating in Cornwall is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 15 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “workforce wellbeing and enablement”.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Pendrea House (Good), 0.8 km away. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2025. That is true of 87% of homes in Cornwall. Across Cornwall, 81% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
