Westmead

Westmead Close, Staunton Road, Braunton, EX33 1HD

01271815195

Care Type

Residential Care

Inspection date

13 December 2021

Provider

Valorum Care Limited

Beds

19 beds

Rating history

Requires ImprovementMay 2015
GoodNov 2015
Requires ImprovementJun 2017
Requires ImprovementNov 2017
GoodJul 2018
Requires ImprovementJan 2022

Rating dropped from Good to Requires Improvement in 2022. CQC has rated this home 6 times since 2015.

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

Costs and who runs this home

Run by Valorum Care Limited, which runs 23 care homes in England: 15 rated Good, 7 Requires Improvement and 1 not yet rated.

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.

This home lists dementia care, which usually costs more than standard residential care. See dementia care home costs. NHS Continuing Healthcare may apply where someone's needs are primarily health needs.
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 Westmead

Westmead is a residential care home in Devon, offering a welcoming and supportive environment for adults who need a little extra help in their daily lives. The team there takes pride in creating a place that genuinely feels like home, where residents can settle in at their own pace and families can feel confident their loved ones are in caring hands.

Westmead provides personal care and support to 16 people aged 18 and over in an adapted building with capacity for up to 19 residents. Most people said they felt safe, well cared for, and enjoyed living at the home. Two residents were less positive about their life there, but the service was working with commissioners to find more appropriate placements for both individuals.

Medicine management required improvement, as not all medicines were safely managed at the time of inspection. However, no harm came to residents as a result. The management team has already addressed the concerns identified to ensure medicines are administered and recorded more safely and accurately going forward.

Source: CQC inspection report, 18 January 2022

Specialist Care

DementiaLearning disabilitiesMental healthOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesYounger adults

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.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

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 · EX33 1HD

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Learning disabilities; Mental health conditions; Physical disabilities.

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 January 2022. Latest inspection date recorded: 13 December 2021.

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

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
Responsive: How are care plans, activities and complaints adapted to each resident?
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 Westmead'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 Westmead, consider asking...

1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Westmead, look out for...

1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Westmead'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