SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
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?67%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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?71%Good
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
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?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: 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. ?
Chestnut Lodge is a 38-bed nursing home in Yeovil, Somerset, run by Camelot Care (Yeovil) Ltd. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. The typical home in Somerset has 25 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
In December 2025, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. The typical rating in Somerset is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 4 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “consent to care and treatment”.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in April 2026. That is true of 94% of homes in Somerset. In Somerset, 89% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Cooksons Court, 0.9 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding.
