SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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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?90%★Outstanding
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Responding to people's immediate needsExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
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?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
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: 30 good, 3 exceptional. 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. ?
Gittisham Hill House is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 27 other homes in Devon.
90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by HC-One No.3 Limited, Gittisham Hill House is a nursing home in Honiton, Devon with 39 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. Most homes in Devon are smaller: the median there is 25 beds.
CQC last rated the home in October 2024, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. Caring was rated Outstanding. Its rating before that, in December 2018, was the same. The typical rating in Devon is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 3 of the 33 standards CQC scored were exceptional, and none fell below good.
None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. It is one of 4 homes run by HC-One No.3 Limited. 4 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Across Devon, 90% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
