SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?55%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?64%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
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: 17 good, 16 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. ?
MMCG (2) Limited runs The Devonshire, a nursing home in Reading with room for 137 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in Reading has 12 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in June 2026. Safe and caring were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, responsive and well-led as Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in November 2020. The typical rating in Reading is about 7 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 16 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “independence, choice and control”.
About 0.4 km away, Moorlands Rest Home is rated Good. MMCG (2) Limited runs 12 care homes, and 6 of the 10 rated are Good or Outstanding. 6 other homes in Reading share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
