Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
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?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 25 good, 8 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. ?
Friary House is one of 112 care homes in Dorset: a 16-bed residential care home in Weymouth, run by Friary Care Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in Dorset has 31 beds, so this one is on the small side.
CQC last rated the home in August 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. That is down from Good in June 2018. Ratings in Dorset are typically about 3 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “medicines optimisation”, one of 8 standards out of 33 scored below good.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from December 2025. That is true of 100% of homes in Dorset. In Dorset, 94% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). About 0.1 km away, Weymouth - Weymouth Care Home is rated Good. Friary Care Limited runs 2 care homes, and 1 of the 2 rated are Good or Outstanding.
