SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?0%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?50%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 8 good, 25 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. ?
Higher Park Lodge is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 16 other homes in Plymouth.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent residential care home in Plymouth, Higher Park Lodge is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 34 beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and people with a sensory impairment.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 4 out of 5 in February 2026. In Plymouth, 87% of homes score 5. 16 other homes in Plymouth share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Parkwood House, 0.2 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
In April 2026, CQC gave it Requires improvement overall, and Requires improvement for each of the five key questions too. That is down from Good in May 2023. That is more recent than most ratings in Plymouth, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 25 fell below good. The lowest was “safe environments” (significant shortfalls).
