Bybrook House, Middle Hill, Box, Corsham, SN13 8QP
Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 month ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
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?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
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: 29 good, 4 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. ?
Bybrook House Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 14 other homes in Wiltshire.
90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Bybrook House Nursing Home
Run by Avon Care Homes Limited, Bybrook House Nursing Home is a nursing home in Corsham, Wiltshire with 30 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in September 2026. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Its previous rating, in May 2021, was Good, so the home has slipped. That is more recent than most ratings in Wiltshire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 4 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “safe environments”.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in March 2025. That is true of 89% of homes in Wiltshire. Across Wiltshire, 90% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. 0 of Avon Care Homes Limited’s 2 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). About 1.1 km away, Shockerwick House Care Home is rated Good.
