SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%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?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?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?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 28 good, 5 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. ?
Dunster Lodge Residential Home is in the Good tier ?, with 124 other homes in Somerset.
89% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Dunster Lodge Residential Home is an independent 19-bed residential care home in Minehead, Somerset, registered with CQC under its own name. Its CQC registration covers older people.
124 other homes in Somerset share its tier, “Good”. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in March 2026. 94% of homes in Somerset also score 5. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in November 2025. That matches its previous rating, from October 2019. Ratings in Somerset are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found some shortfalls in “consent to care and treatment”, one of 5 standards out of 33 scored below good.
