SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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?Requires improvement
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
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. ?
Frethey 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%).
Frethey House is a 41-bed nursing home in Taunton, Somerset, run by Aria Healthcare Group LTD. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Somerset are smaller: the median there is 25 beds.
CQC last rated the home in October 2020, giving it Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and well-led were also Good. Responsive was rated Requires improvement. Before that, in September 2019, it was rated Requires improvement. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 31% of homes in Somerset. Here is how rating age varies by council.
Aria Healthcare Group LTD runs 38 care homes, and 34 of the 38 rated are Good or Outstanding. Heron House Residential Home, 1.1 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding. 15 other homes in Somerset share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”.
