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What the CQC found at Beechcroft

Requires improvementpublished 16 January 2026, 8 months ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the home was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Beechcroft.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Beechcroft

4 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. May 2021Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good
  2. September 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. May 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  4. June 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  5. March 2022

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 7 March 2022.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0. A home can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections.

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Care at home

21 live-in carers within about an hour of Torbay

These are self-employed carers on PrimeCarers, the introductory agency that runs this directory. Each has a profile with their own rates and reviews from families, and you choose who to talk to.

Most charge £980 to £1,400 a week. 17 can care for a couple. 12 years' experience on average.

Dace L.
3 reviews
From £1,120 a week, 4 years caring
Based about 2 minutes from Torbay
Amadeu A.
1 review
From £1,120 a week, 4 years caring
Based about 6 minutes from Torbay. Can care for a couple
Job Bediako O.
1 review
From £977 a week, 5 years caring
Based about 15 minutes from Torbay. Can care for a couple
Mandy E.
3 reviews
From £1,120 a week, 28 years caring
Based about 19 minutes from Torbay. Can care for a couple
“She looked after my mum, who can be incredibly challenging, so well and so gently, and we always felt confident that my mum was getting the best care available.”
Holly C., about Dace L.
“She was not phased by anything, she was adaptable, kind & gave us complete confidence to go away & not worry about a thing!”
Karen C., about Mandy E.
See live-in carers near TorbayProfiles, rates and reviews are free to look at.

Every carer has had an enhanced DBS check in the last 18 months, ID and right-to-work checks and an online interview. Their skills and training are for you to check with them. Carers set their own rates, and who is free changes week to week.