SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
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?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?85%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
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
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?79%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 27 good, 4 exceptional, 2 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. ?
Run by The Orders Of St. John Care Trust, Goodson Lodge Care Centre is a residential care home in Trowbridge, Wiltshire with 64 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Wiltshire are smaller: the median there is 21 beds.
104 other homes in Wiltshire share its tier, “Good”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2025. 89% of homes in Wiltshire also score 5. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. The Orders Of St. John Care Trust runs 49 care homes, and 44 of the 47 rated are Good or Outstanding.
Its CQC rating, from March 2026, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in June 2018. The typical rating in Wiltshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 2 fell below good. The lowest was “involving people to manage risks” (some shortfalls).
