Residential care home · Cornwall

Lowena Short Breaks

Mitchell Hill, Truro, TR1 1JX

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 4 years ago ↑ Up from Req. improvement No registered manager New owner since July 2024

CQC rating

Good
Published 21 April 2022 Rated 4 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good

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. ?

The home changed owner in July 2024. Its rating dates from before the change. ?

This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • February 2020Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • August 2019Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • February 2019Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • January 2018Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • March 2017GoodSECRW previous owner
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  • January 2016GoodSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Cornwall

Lowena Short Breaks is in the Good tier ?, with 130 other homes in Cornwall. 81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 5 (3%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 9 (5%)
  • Good 131 (66%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 13 (7%)
  • Requires improvement 35 (18%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 4 (2%)

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Lowena Short Breaks in brief

Corserv Solutions Ltd runs Lowena Short Breaks, a residential care home in Truro, Cornwall with room for 15 residents. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment.

3 of Corserv Solutions Ltd’s 3 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in March 2026. 87% of homes in Cornwall also score 5. 130 other homes in Cornwall share its tier, “Good”. Corserv Solutions Ltd has run the home since July 2024, when it changed owner.

CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in April 2022. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. That is up from Requires improvement in February 2020.