Residential care home · Cornwall

The Beach

Alexandra Road, Newquay, TR7 3NB

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 6 May 2025 Rated 1 year ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown3 of 8 below good
    • Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
    • Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
    • SafeguardingSome shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Involving people to manage risksGood
    • Learning cultureGood
    • Safe environmentsGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 6 good
    • Assessing needsGood
    • Consent to care and treatmentGood
    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 5 below good
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
    • Independence, choice and controlGood
    • Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
    • Responding to people's immediate needsGood
    • Treating people as individualsGood
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown2 of 7 below good
    • Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
    • Providing InformationSome shortfalls
    • Equity in accessGood
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
    • Listening to and involving peopleGood
    • Person-centred careGood
    • Planning for the futureGood
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown2 of 7 below good
    • Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
    • Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • 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: 25 good, 8 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • August 2023Requires improvementSECRW
  • October 2022Inspected, no new rating
  • August 2022Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • August 2021Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • January 2021Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
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  • August 2018GoodSECRW previous owner
  • August 2017Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • December 2015GoodSECRW previous owner

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 Cornwall

The Beach is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 34 other homes in Cornwall. 81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 5 (3%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 9 (5%)
  • Good 131 (66%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 13 (7%)
  • Requires improvement 35 (18%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 4 (2%)

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Other homes run by Modus Care Limited

18 care homes in total: 12 Good, 6 Requires improvement.

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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
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  • The Holt
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago

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About The Beach

Modus Care Limited runs The Beach, a residential care home in Newquay, Cornwall with room for 12 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. It is a small home for Cornwall, where the median is 22 beds.

In Cornwall, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). About 1.0 km away, Crantock Lodge is rated Good. 12 of Modus Care Limited’s 18 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).

CQC last rated the home in May 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in August 2023. The typical rating in Cornwall is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 8 fell below good. The lowest was “medicines optimisation” (significant shortfalls).