SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?63%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
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?68%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Person-centred careGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 21 good, 12 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. ?
Escan Manor is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 19 other homes in Devon.
90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Simply Care Group UK Ltd, Escan Manor is a nursing home in Exeter, Devon with 72 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in Devon, where the typical home has 25 beds.
Its kitchen was rated 3 for food hygiene in February 2026. In Devon, 86% of homes score 5. Across Devon, 90% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. The Lodge, 0.8 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding. Simply Care Group UK Ltd runs 9 care homes, and 1 of the 5 rated are Good or Outstanding.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in March 2026. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. The typical rating in Devon is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 12 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “assessing needs”.
