SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
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. ?
Tamar House Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 34 other homes in Cornwall.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Tamar House Nursing Home is a 21-bed nursing home in Saltash, Cornwall, run by Mrs M Y and Mr Mark Beaumont. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability.
CQC last rated the home in November 2022, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Its rating before that, in April 2022, was the same.
About 0.5 km away, Malvern House is rated Good. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 4 out of 5 in June 2026. 87% of homes in Cornwall score the top mark of 5. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. In Cornwall, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).