Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 years ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
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. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Somerhill Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 14 other homes in Wiltshire.
90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Somerhill Care Home is one of 157 care homes in Wiltshire: a 41-bed nursing home in Chippenham, run by Cedar Care Homes Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. The typical home in Wiltshire has 21 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC's latest rating, from December 2023, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Its previous rating, in August 2021, was Good, so the home has slipped.
Across Wiltshire, 90% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from November 2025. 89% of homes in Wiltshire score the top mark of 5. About 2.9 km away, OSJCT Athelstan House is rated Good. Cedar Care Homes Limited runs 10 care homes, and 9 of the 10 rated are Good or Outstanding.
