Rated Care Homes

Torbay Business Centre

RI

Requires improvement

Rated on

Rating from the Care Quality Commission.

At a glance

  • 1 rating

    Only one rating on record, so there is no trend to show yet.

  • 4 years

    since the latest rating was published. A rating this old may not show how the service is today.

  • The only one

    rated Requires improvement home care service in Torbay, out of 20 with a rating.

Torbay Business Centre: inspection record

Home care, Torbay

Rated Requires improvement in September 2022.

Torbay Business Centre: inspection record: inspection ratings by year, 2015 to 2026
201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Overall
Safe
Effective
Caring
Responsive
Well-led

Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.

Compare nearby

Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Helping Hands Torquay (Good, 0.4 miles away) and Kensa Health Torbay and South Hams (Good, 0.4 miles away).

Nearest home care services:

  1. –
    Torquay Branch Not yet rated, 0.2 miles away
  2. –
    Care Plus Devon Ltd No overall rating, 0.4 miles away
  3. G
    Helping Hands Torquay Good, 0.4 miles away
  4. G
    Kensa Health Torbay and South Hams Good, 0.4 miles away
  5. G
    St Edmunds Good, 0.4 miles away

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About the service

From the Care Quality Commission's inspection report published 16 September 2022. Quoted under the Open Government Licence.

Lynton House is a domiciliary care agency providing personal care and support to people with a learning disability, autism or who have complex needs associated with their mental health who live in their own homes. The service supports people on a 24-hour basis, enabling them to live independently.

What inspectors found

We expect health and social care providers to guarantee autistic people and people with a learning disability the choices, dignity, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. Right support, right care, right culture is the statutory guidance which supports CQC to make assessments and judgements about services providing support to people with a learning disability and/or autistic people.

Read the rest of CQC's summary

Right support: Model of care and setting maximises people's choice, control and Independence. People were able to choose how they spent their time and were supported by staff to take part in activities and pursue their interests in their local area/community. People were supported and encouraged to be independent and staff had a good awareness of people's needs and preferences. However, we found more work was needed to embed the principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA).

Right care: Care is person-centred and promotes people's dignity, privacy and human rights. However more work was needed to ensure the language used within people's daily notes and incident reports was also reflective of these principals. Staff knew people well and understood how to communicate effectively with people. Staff spoke about people in a dignified and respectful way and it was clear from our conversations that staff had developed good relationships with people. However, support plans were not always reflective of the current level of risk associated with providing support.

Right culture: The ethos, values and attitudes of managers and staff helped to ensure people using services were enabled to lead confident, inclusive and empowered lives. The registered manager and staff spoke passionately about promoting people's wellbeing, safety, and security. Staff understood their role in making sure that people came first, and their care and support was tailored to their individual needs and preferences.

Questions to ask the service

  1. Safe was rated Requires improvement on 16 September 2022. Ask how medicines are managed, how staffing levels are decided and how incidents are reviewed.
  2. Effective was rated Requires improvement on 16 September 2022. Ask about staff training and how health appointments are arranged.
  3. Well-led was rated Requires improvement on 16 September 2022. Ask about changes in management and what has changed since the report.
  4. The last rating is 4 years old. Ask what has changed since then.

Registration details

Registered manager
Lucy Woolcock
Registered with the CQC since
What it provides
Domiciliary care service
Who it supports
Children 0-18 years, Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder, Younger Adults

Inspection report

Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)

1 inspection report, latest 16 September 2022. The reports are on the Care Quality Commission website.

The rating is the Care Quality Commission's. We show it as published and do not change it.

Who runs it

Ownership type
Organisation
Companies House number
12005265 (opens Companies House)

Getting help from Torbay Council

The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.

Checked on the council's website, November 2026.

Common questions

Does Torbay Business Centre provide nursing care?
The Care Quality Commission's register does not list nursing care for Torbay Business Centre.
When was Torbay Business Centre last inspected?
The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for Torbay Business Centre was published on 16 September 2022.
Who runs Torbay Business Centre?
Torbay Business Centre is run by DW Complex Care Ltd.
What is Torbay Business Centre's CQC rating?
Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Requires improvement, published on 16 September 2022.

Contact

Phone
07817 911891
Address
Suite G.07, Lymington Road, Torquay, TQ1 4BD Map (opens Google Maps)
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)

Compare nearby

Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Helping Hands Torquay (Good, 0.4 miles away) and Kensa Health Torbay and South Hams (Good, 0.4 miles away).

Nearest home care services:

  1. –
    Torquay Branch Not yet rated, 0.2 miles away
  2. –
    Care Plus Devon Ltd No overall rating, 0.4 miles away
  3. G
    Helping Hands Torquay Good, 0.4 miles away
  4. G
    Kensa Health Torbay and South Hams Good, 0.4 miles away
  5. G
    St Edmunds Good, 0.4 miles away

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