SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%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
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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Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?71%Good
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Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
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: 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. ?
Mount Pleasant House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 34 other homes in Cornwall.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Mount Pleasant House is a 19-bed residential care home in Camborne, Cornwall, run by Mr & Mrs A Blight. CQC registers it to look after older people.
The nearest home with a higher rating is St Clair House (Good), 0.5 km away. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 4 out of 5 in September 2025. In Cornwall, 87% of homes score 5. 34 other homes in Cornwall share its tier, “Requires improvement”. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in August 2026. Safe and effective were also Requires improvement. For caring, responsive and well-led, the rating was Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in July 2023. Ratings in Cornwall are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 12 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “safe and effective staffing”.
