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The Wells Nursing Home

Henton, Wells, BA5 1PD

Requires improvementpublished 19 December 2025, 8 months ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on The Wells Nursing Home on 11 May 2023. 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 The Wells Nursing Home

7 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. May 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. May 2022Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. November 2020Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. April 2020Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  5. February 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. June 2016Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  7. June 2015Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  8. June 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. February 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. November 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. March 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  12. February 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  13. December 2010

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 1 December 2010.

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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