SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?50%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSignificant shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSignificant shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?62%Requires improvement
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Person-centred careSignificant shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?50%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 12 good, 21 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Trafalgar Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 5 other homes in Dorset.
94% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent residential care home in Weymouth, Dorset, Trafalgar Care Home is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 29 beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in September 2026. 100% of homes in Dorset also score 5. In Dorset, 94% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Primrose Lodge Weymouth, 0.1 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
CQC rated it Requires improvement overall and in all five key questions in January 2026. Before that, in March 2023, it was rated Good. The typical rating in Dorset is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found significant shortfalls in “independence, choice and control”, one of 21 standards out of 33 scored below good.
