Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 6 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?47%Requires improvement
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Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
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?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?71%Good
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Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
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: 23 good, 10 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. ?
Maristow Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 14 other homes in Wiltshire.
90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Maristow Nursing Home is an independent 17-bed nursing home in Salisbury, Wiltshire, registered with CQC under its own name. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability.
Dunraven House and Lodge, 0.1 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 4 out of 5 in March 2026. In Wiltshire, 89% of homes score 5. 14 other homes in Wiltshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
CQC's latest rating, from April 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Before that, in March 2020, it was rated Good. Ratings in Wiltshire are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 10 fell below good. The lowest was “learning culture” (significant shortfalls).
