SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?47%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 16 good, 17 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. ?
Cheverells 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%).
An independent residential care home in Bideford, Devon, Cheverells Care Home is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 38 beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Devon has 25 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. About 0.3 km away, Northam Lodge is rated Good. Across Devon, 90% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in October 2025. 86% of homes in Devon also score 5.
CQC's latest rating, from January 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Before that, in November 2018, it was rated Good. Ratings in Devon are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “infection prevention and control”, one of 17 standards out of 33 scored below good.
