SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
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. ?
Dimensions Somerset The Saplings is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 20 other homes in Somerset.
89% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Dimensions Somerset Sev Limited runs Dimensions Somerset The Saplings, a residential care home in Taunton, Somerset with room for 7 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Somerset, where the typical home has 25 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from February 2022, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. That matches its previous rating, from August 2019.
The nearest home with a higher rating is St Georges Care Home (Good), 0.3 km away. It is one of 11 homes run by Dimensions Somerset Sev Limited. 9 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. 20 other homes in Somerset share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
