Mount Pleasant House
- Care home
- 19 beds
- No nursing
- Registered since 2011
- Camborne, Cornwall, South West
Requires improvement
Rated on
Rating from the Care Quality Commission.
At a glance
5 ratings
First rated Good in 2015, most recently Requires improvement in August 2026.
2 months
since the latest rating was published.
35 of 190
rated care homes in Cornwall are rated Requires improvement, like this one.
Mount Pleasant House: inspection record
Rated Requires improvement in August 2026.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: St Clair House (Good, 0.3 miles away) and Lowenac (Good, 0.3 miles away).
Nearest care homes:
- G St Clair House Good, 0.3 miles away
- G Lowenac Good, 0.3 miles away
- G Tregenna House Good, 0.4 miles away
- G Rosewarne Good, 0.6 miles away
- G St Martin's Residential and Nursing Home Good, 0.7 miles away
What inspectors found
From the Care Quality Commission's assessment published 12 August 2026 (assessment visit 28 July 2026). Quoted under the Open Government Licence.
Date of assessment: 23 July to 27 July 2026.
Mount Pleasant House is a residential home providing care and support for up to 19 older people, some of whom may be living with dementia.
- Safe No rating
- Effective No rating
- Caring Good
- Responsive Good
- Well-led Good
Read the rest of CQC's summary
The service was no longer in breach of regulations in relation to governance. However, we identified new breaches relating to safe care and treatment and recruitment.
An assessment has been undertaken of a service that is used by autistic people or people with a learning disability but is not registered as a specialist service. We have assessed the service against ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ guidance to make judgements about whether the provider guaranteed people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted.
Systems for the safe management of medicines were not followed. The temperature of the room where medicines were stored had exceeded safe limits on several occasions.
Monitoring processes, designed to help ensure risks to people’s health were quickly identified, were not consistently adhered to. Staff did not have information available so they would know when to escalate concerns.
Staff and management did not always work within the principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA). Mental capacity assessments were not consistently completed and those that had been completed were not decision specific.
Recruitment processes had not been followed to help ensure staff were suitable to work in the care sector.
There was no registered manager, and a manager had recently left the service. However, satisfactory governance arrangements had been put in place to provide effective oversight of the service. The provider was pro-actively seeking to recruit a new manager.
New auditing systems had been developed and were being implemented to help drive improvements and ensure and gaps or shortfalls were promptly highlighted.
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Safe
No rating
Safe – this means we looked for evidence that people were protected from abuse and avoidable harm.
At our last assessment we rated this key question requires improvement. At this assessment the rating has remained requires improvement. This meant some aspects of the service were not always safe and there was limited assurance about safety. There was an increased risk that people could be harmed.
The service was in breach of legal regulation in relation to people’s safe care and treatment and recruitment processes.
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Effective
No rating
Effective – this means we looked for evidence that people’s care, treatment and support achieved good outcomes and promoted a good quality of life, based on best available evidence.
At our last assessment we rated this key question requires improvement. At this assessment the rating has remained requires improvement. This meant the effectiveness of people’s care, treatment and support did not always achieve good outcomes or was inconsistent.
The service was in breach of legal regulation in relation to people’s safe care and treatment.
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Caring
Good
Caring – this means we looked for evidence that the provider involved people and treated them with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect.
At our last assessment we rated this key question good. At this assessment the rating has remained good. This meant people were supported and treated with dignity and respect; and involved as partners in their care.
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Responsive
Good
Responsive – this means we looked for evidence that the provider met people’s needs.
At our last assessment we rated this key question requires improvement. At this assessment the rating has changed to good. This meant people’s needs were met through good organisation and delivery.
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Well-led
Good
Well-led – this means we looked for evidence that service leadership, management and governance assured high-quality, person-centred care; supported learning and innovation; and promoted an open, fair culture.
At our last assessment we rated this key question requires improvement. At this assessment the rating has changed to good. This meant the service was consistently managed and well-led. Leaders and the culture they created promoted high-quality, person-centred care.
Questions to ask when you visit
- Safe was rated Requires improvement on 12 August 2026. Ask how medicines are managed, how staffing levels are decided and how incidents are reviewed.
- Effective was rated Requires improvement on 12 August 2026. Ask about staff training and how health appointments are arranged.
- Ask to see the most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) report and what the home did about any points in it.
Registration details
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Care home service without nursing
- Who it supports
- Older People
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)7 inspection reports, latest 1 July 2023. Latest assessment published 12 August 2026; the Care Quality Commission's newer assessments are published on its website rather than as reports.
The rating is the Care Quality Commission's. We show it as published and do not change it.
Who runs it
- Provider
- Mr & Mrs A Blight
- Ownership type
- Partnership
Getting help from Cornwall Council
The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.
- Adult social care at Cornwall Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 0300 1234 131, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am to 5pm, Wednesday 10am to 5pm
- Contact adult social care online
- Support for carers
- Paying for care: Cornwall Council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does Mount Pleasant House provide nursing care?
- No. The Care Quality Commission lists Mount Pleasant House as a care home without nursing.
- How many beds does Mount Pleasant House have?
- The Care Quality Commission's register lists 19 beds at Mount Pleasant House.
- When was Mount Pleasant House last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for Mount Pleasant House was published on 12 August 2026.
- Who runs Mount Pleasant House?
- Mount Pleasant House is run by Mr & Mrs A Blight.
- What is Mount Pleasant House's CQC rating?
- Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Requires improvement, published on 12 August 2026.
Contact
- Phone
- 01209 716424
- Address
- Pentalek Road, Camborne, TR14 7RQ Map (opens Google Maps)
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: St Clair House (Good, 0.3 miles away) and Lowenac (Good, 0.3 miles away).
Nearest care homes:
- G St Clair House Good, 0.3 miles away
- G Lowenac Good, 0.3 miles away
- G Tregenna House Good, 0.4 miles away
- G Rosewarne Good, 0.6 miles away
- G St Martin's Residential and Nursing Home Good, 0.7 miles away