SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?78%Good
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
SafeguardingGood
Involving people to manage risksExceptional
Learning cultureExceptional
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsExceptional
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?79%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?95%★Outstanding
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Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Responding to people's immediate needsExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?82%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Providing InformationGood
Equity in accessExceptional
Planning for the futureExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?82%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 19 good, 12 exceptional, 2 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Sidmouth Nursing Home is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 27 other homes in Devon.
90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Sidmouth Nursing Home is a 29-bed nursing home in Sidmouth, Devon. The home is its own registered provider. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults and people with a physical disability.
CQC last rated the home in November 2025, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. For caring, the rating was Outstanding. Before that, in February 2018, it was rated Outstanding. That is more recent than most ratings in Devon, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. 2 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “infection prevention and control”.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Arcot House Residential Home (Outstanding), 0.2 km away. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from March 2026. That is true of 86% of homes in Devon. 27 other homes in Devon share its tier, “Good, with Outstanding areas”.
