SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?0%Good
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Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
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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Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?0%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
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
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?39%Requires improvement
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Freedom to speak upSignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 21 good, 12 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. ?
Elliscombe House is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 15 other homes in Somerset.
89% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Elliscombe House is a 35-bed nursing home in Wincanton, Somerset, run by Ellie Group Ltd. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
CQC's latest rating, from May 2026, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in December 2022. The typical rating in Somerset is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found significant shortfalls in “freedom to speak up”, one of 12 standards out of 33 scored below good.
None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. In Somerset, 89% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in April 2026. That is true of 94% of homes in Somerset.
