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Care home

Waterloo House

3 Nelson Gardens, Plymouth, PL1 5RH · Plymouth · South West

20 beds · operated by Vivacare Limited

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement12 Sep 2025

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and 3 of this operator's 3 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement12 Sep 2025
EffectiveRequires improvement12 Sep 2025
Well-ledRequires improvement12 Sep 2025
Operator's wider portfolio
3 of 3 of Vivacare Limited's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeRequires improvement12 Sep 2025
EffectiveRequires improvement12 Sep 2025
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old28 Apr 2018
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old20 Aug 2022
Well-ledRequires improvement12 Sep 2025

Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

Same operator — 3 other locations

Other active services registered to Vivacare Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Riviera CourtRequires improvement4 Jul 2023rating 3+ yrs oldTorbay
The PalmNot yet ratedTorbay
Tremanse House Care HomeRequires improvement17 Oct 2024Cornwall

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
20 Apr 2011
Beds
20
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-146198226

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.