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?★Outstanding
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
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. ?
Merafield View Nursing Home is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 7 other homes in Plymouth.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Merafield View Nursing Home is one of 86 care homes in Plymouth: a 40-bed nursing home in Plymouth, run by AJ & Co.(Devon) Ltd. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in Plymouth, where the typical home has 24 beds.
Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. 2 of AJ & Co.(Devon) Ltd’s 2 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from September 2026. In Plymouth, 87% of homes score 5. Across Plymouth, 79% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in March 2021. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. Caring was rated Outstanding. Its rating before that, in January 2020, was the same. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 39% of ratings in Plymouth are as old (how rating age varies by council).
