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Roscarrack HouseCornwall

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Rated:Requires ImprovementResidential

Roscarrack House

Bickland Water Road, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 4SB

01326312498

Care Type

Residential Care

Inspection date

19 January 2023

Provider

Roscarrack House limited

Beds

19 beds

How this home compares nearby

Of 25 care homes for older people within 10 miles, 19 are rated higher by CQC, 6 are the same and none are lower.

9 of these nearby homes have been inspected more recently than this one.

Based on CQC ratings, updated 22 October 2026. How we compare homes | See the nearby homes

Rating history

GoodApr 2016
GoodMar 2017
GoodJul 2018
Requires ImprovementFeb 2023

Rating dropped from Good to Requires Improvement in 2023.

Source: CQC inspection reports. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Costs and who runs this home

This is the only care home Roscarrack House limited runs in England.

Average care home fees in the South West: £1,170 a week for residential care and £1,472 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

How to pay for a care home explains the council means test, what counts as capital and the funding you can ask to be assessed for.

About Roscarrack House

Roscarrack House is a residential care home in Cornwall, offering older people a place to call home in one of England's most beautiful and characterful counties. The team here understands how important it is for families to find somewhere that feels warm and personal, not just a place that provides care. For those looking into residential options in the area, Roscarrack House aims to provide a familiar, supportive environment for its residents.

Roscarrack House provides personal and nursing care to up to 19 older people, with 16 residents at the time of inspection. The service experienced a fire in a resident's room caused by an electric heater with a radiator cover pressing on the cable. While the service has since taken remedial action, some risks had not been consistently identified, assessed and reviewed.

Staff lacked a systematic approach to checking pressure relieving mattresses, which are essential for protecting residents' skin from damage, and inspectors found these were not always set correctly for individual users.

A significant concern emerged regarding safety management. One resident living with dementia left the service unnoticed on two separate occasions in October and December 2022, indicating lapses in supervision and monitoring systems that put vulnerable residents at risk.

Source: CQC inspection report, 18 February 2023

Specialist Care

Older people

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

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Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 21 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service without nursing
Registered capacity: 19 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · TR11 4SB

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Requires improvement.

Rating report published 18 February 2023. Latest inspection date recorded: 19 January 2023.

Safe: Requires improvement
Effective: Requires improvement
CaringPublished 10 July 2018: Good
ResponsivePublished 10 July 2018: Good
Well-led: Requires improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
Effective: How are staff training, nutrition and health outcomes checked now?
Well-led: What has changed in management, checks and oversight since this rating?

These are questions for your visit, not a claim about conditions today.

Read Roscarrack House's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Roscarrack House, consider asking...

1.What happens if my relative's care needs increase significantly -- will they have to move?
2.How do you handle concerns or complaints from families?
3.What does the monthly fee cover and what will cost extra?
4.How do you keep families informed about their relative's day-to-day wellbeing?
5.What happens if my relative is unhappy here?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Roscarrack House, look out for...

1.Do staff greet residents by name and stop to chat?
2.Are residents dressed, up and occupied, or sitting alone in front of a TV?
3.Does the home smell fresh and feel clean without being clinical?
4.Do residents look comfortable and at ease, or anxious and withdrawn?
5.Does the manager answer your questions openly or deflect?

Could the NHS fund Roscarrack House's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees