SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%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?75%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?57%Requires improvement
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Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
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: 28 good, 5 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. ?
Calway House is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 15 other homes in Somerset.
89% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Somerset Care Limited runs Calway House, a nursing home in Taunton, Somerset with room for 92 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Somerset are smaller: the median there is 25 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from April 2025, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and well-led were also Good. Responsive was rated Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in April 2021. Ratings in Somerset are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found some shortfalls in “equity in access”, one of 5 standards out of 33 scored below good.
20 of Somerset Care Limited’s 21 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Wilton House, 1.1 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding. 15 other homes in Somerset share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in April 2025. That is true of 94% of homes in Somerset.
