No 19 Respite House

19 Mount Gould Road, Plymouth, PL4 7PT

South West · Plymouth · residential

Requires improvement

Key question ratings

Safe
Requires improvement
Caring
Good
Well-led
Requires improvement
Effective
Requires improvement
Responsive
Good

Inspection history

PublishedOverallChangeTransitionAI summary
2022-08-06Requires improvementnewUnratedRequires improvementNo 19 Respite House received a 'Requires Improvement' rating because it failed to ensure safe management of medicines, did not mitigate risks to people's health and safety (particularly regarding epilepsy care and fire safety), and lacked robust governance systems to identify and address these issues. Whilst staff were caring and responsive to people's needs, the safety and leadership failings were significant enough to require improvement across multiple areas.