SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
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?57%Requires improvement
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Person-centred careSignificant shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 18 good, 15 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. ?
Restgarth Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 34 other homes in Cornwall.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Restgarth Care Home is one of 198 care homes in Cornwall: a 32-bed residential care home in Looe, run by Orange Care Restgarth Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Atlantis Care Home (Good), 1.5 km away. Across Cornwall, 81% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 3 out of 5 in December 2025. In Cornwall, 87% of homes score 5. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now.
CQC last rated the home in October 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for effective, responsive and well-led as well. Safe and caring were rated Good. Ratings in Cornwall are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 15 fell below good. The lowest was “person-centred care” (significant shortfalls).
