SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?84%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
SafeguardingGood
Learning cultureExceptional
Safe environmentsExceptional
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsExceptional
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?88%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Assessing needsExceptional
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentExceptional
Supporting people to live healthier livesExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?95%★Outstanding
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Responding to people's immediate needsExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
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?93%★Outstanding
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Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Freedom to speak upExceptional
Governance, management and sustainabilityExceptional
Learning, improvement and innovationExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 18 good, 15 exceptional. 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. ?
Run by Somerset Care Limited, Cooksons Court is a nursing home in Yeovil, Somerset with 65 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Somerset are smaller: the median there is 25 beds.
The current CQC rating is Outstanding, published in March 2026. It was Outstanding for caring and well-led as well. CQC rated safe, effective and responsive as Good. Before that, in July 2018, it was rated Good. Ratings in Somerset are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. None of its 33 scored standards was below good, and 15 were exceptional.
8 other homes in Somerset share its tier, “Outstanding”. 20 of Somerset Care Limited’s 21 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). 1 of the 6 nearest homes is also Outstanding.
