Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 years ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
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. ?
Catherine House Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 20 other homes in Somerset.
89% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent nursing home in Frome, Somerset, Catherine House Care Home is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 67 beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with mental health needs. Most homes in Somerset are smaller: the median there is 25 beds.
In Somerset, 89% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in November 2025. 94% of homes in Somerset also score 5. Belmont Villa Care Home, 0.5 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
CQC rated it Requires improvement overall and in all five key questions in August 2023. Its previous rating, in October 2020, was Good, so the home has slipped.
