SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
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
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
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: 26 good, 7 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. ?
Handsale Limited - Silver Trees is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 16 other homes in North Somerset.
95% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Handsale Limited - Silver Trees
An independent nursing home in Bristol, North Somerset, Handsale Limited - Silver Trees is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 62 beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in North Somerset, where the typical home has 26 beds.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in April 2025. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. Before that, in June 2023, it was rated Requires improvement. The typical rating in North Somerset is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 7 fell below good. The lowest was “governance, management and sustainability” (significant shortfalls).
None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. In North Somerset, 95% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
