SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?0%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?0%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?0%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?68%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 26 good, 7 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Blenheim House Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 24 other homes in Wiltshire.
90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Blenheim House Care Home is one of 157 care homes in Wiltshire: a 85-bed nursing home in Melksham, run by Berkley Care Blenheim Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Wiltshire are smaller: the median there is 21 beds.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in February 2026. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in September 2022. The typical rating in Wiltshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 7 fell below good. The lowest was “involving people to manage risks” (some shortfalls).
None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from July 2026. That is true of 89% of homes in Wiltshire. 24 other homes in Wiltshire share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”.
