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Horton Cross Nursing Home

Horton Cross, Ilminster, TA19 9PT

Goodpublished 12 February 2026, 6 months ago

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

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Horton Cross Nursing Home on 13 January 2024. We are still reading it. Check back soon, or read the report itself on cqc.org.uk.

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The story over the years

Every inspection of Horton Cross Nursing Home

4 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Inadequate.

  1. January 2024Inadequatecurrent ratingdown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Inadequate

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  2. October 2022Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. August 2018Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. May 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. April 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. December 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. October 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. April 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 20 January 2011.

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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