Residential care home · Devon

Southlands Court Residential Home

Bridgerule, Holsworthy, EX22 7EW

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 9 months ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 8 January 2026 Rated 9 months ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown5 of 8 below good
    • Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
    • Learning cultureSome shortfalls
    • Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
    • Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Safe environmentsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown3 of 6 below good
    • Assessing needsSome shortfalls
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
    • Consent to care and treatmentGood
    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown3 of 5 below good
    • Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
    • Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
    • Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
    • Independence, choice and controlGood
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 7 below good
    • Person-centred careSome shortfalls
    • Care provision, integration and continuityGood
    • Equity in accessGood
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
    • Listening to and involving peopleGood
    • Planning for the futureGood
    • Providing InformationGood
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown4 of 7 below good
    • Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
    • Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
    • Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
    • Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood

Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?

CQC scored 33 standards: 17 good, 16 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • August 2019GoodSECRW
  • July 2018Requires improvementSECRW
  • January 2018Requires improvementSECRW
  • November 2017InadequateSECRW

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 Devon

Southlands Court Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 27 other homes in Devon. 90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 21 (7%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 28 (9%)
  • Good 189 (62%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 20 (7%)
  • Requires improvement 28 (9%)
  • Inadequate 2 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 18 (6%)

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Southlands Court Residential Home at a glance

Thanweer Care Limited runs Southlands Court Residential Home, a residential care home in Holsworthy, Devon with room for 26 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and people with a sensory impairment.

The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in January 2026. Safe, caring and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective and responsive as Good. Before that, in August 2019, it was rated Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Devon, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. CQC found some shortfalls in “kindness, compassion and dignity”, one of 16 standards out of 33 scored below good.

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from September 2025. 86% of homes in Devon score the top mark of 5. In Devon, 90% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Fairfield Country Rest Home, 4.1 km away, is the closest home rated Good.