SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?44%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?50%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%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?54%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 11 good, 22 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
CCM NH Limited runs Cedar Lodge, a residential care home in Taunton, Somerset with room for 57 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in Somerset, where the typical home has 25 beds.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from December 2025. 94% of homes in Somerset also score 5. In Somerset, 89% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The nearest home with a higher rating is Aspen Court (Good), 0.0 km away. It is one of 11 homes run by CCM NH Limited. 10 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in September 2026. Safe, effective, caring and well-led were also Requires improvement. Responsive was rated Good. Its previous rating, in October 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped. Ratings in Somerset are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 22 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “involving people to manage risks”.
