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?0%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesExceptional
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: 30 good, 1 exceptional, 2 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. ?
Cholwell House Nursing Home is in the Good tier ?, with 33 other homes in Bath and North East Somerset.
86% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent nursing home in Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, Cholwell House Nursing Home is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 51 beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in Bath and North East Somerset, where the typical home has 31 beds.
Its CQC rating, from October 2026, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. That matches its previous rating, from July 2018. Ratings in Bath and North East Somerset are typically about 3 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 2 fell below good. The lowest was “consent to care and treatment” (some shortfalls).
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from April 2026. That is true of 90% of homes in Bath and North East Somerset. 33 other homes in Bath and North East Somerset share its tier, “Good”. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
