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The Firs Care Centre

251 Staplegrove Road, Taunton, TA2 6AQ

Goodpublished 8 September 2025, 11 months ago

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

The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for The Firs Care Centre. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of The Firs Care Centre

5 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. June 2022Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  2. December 2020Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. August 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. April 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  5. April 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  6. October 2023

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 3 October 2023.

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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