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Hazelwell Lodge

67 Station Road, Ilminster, TA19 9BQ

Goodpublished 29 January 2020, 6 years ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Good
Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?
Good
Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?
Good
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Good
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Good
Is the service run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Hazelwell Lodge. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Hazelwell Lodge

3 rated inspections over 4 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. April 2022Inspected but not ratedcurrent rating
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  2. January 2020Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  3. July 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  4. December 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Outstanding
  5. November 2025

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 20 November 2025.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission. A service can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections, not every contact the CQC has had with the service.

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