SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
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?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?75%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 inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 32 good, 1 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. ?
Ivybank House Care Home is in the Good tier ?, with 33 other homes in Bath and North East Somerset.
86% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Ivybank House Care Home is a 43-bed residential care home in Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, run by Ivybank Care Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.
33 other homes in Bath and North East Somerset share its tier, “Good”. Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in September 2026. In Bath and North East Somerset, 90% of homes score 5. Ivybank Care Limited has run the home since February 2024, when it changed owner. Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
Its CQC rating, from November 2025, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Its rating before that, in October 2019, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Bath and North East Somerset, where the typical rating is about 3 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 1 fell below good. The lowest was “infection prevention and control” (some shortfalls).
