SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?78%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
Learning cultureExceptional
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
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?95%★Outstanding
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Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?79%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Listening to and involving peopleExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?93%★Outstanding
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Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Governance, management and sustainabilityExceptional
Learning, improvement and innovationExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 22 good, 11 exceptional. 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. ?
Somerset Care Limited runs Frith House, a residential care home in Burnham On Sea, Somerset with room for 83 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in Somerset has 25 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
It is the only Outstanding home among the 7 closest. Somerset Care Limited runs 21 care homes, and 20 of the 21 rated are Good or Outstanding. In Somerset, 89% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2026. 94% of homes in Somerset also score 5.
CQC's latest rating, from June 2026, is Outstanding overall. Caring and well-led were also Outstanding. Safe, effective and responsive were rated Good. Its rating before that, in September 2017, was the same. The typical rating in Somerset is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. None of its 33 scored standards was below good, and 11 were exceptional.
