West Abbey

West Abbey over the years

CQC registration dates from February 2011, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.

CQC has published 6 overall ratings for it (2015–2023), starting at Good and falling to Good.

3 years have passed since the last overall rating. Services judged lower-risk wait longer for a visit, but teams change, so check what is different today.

CQC lists 6 reports for this location, the latest dated 28 March 2023.

Around Yeovil

There are 16 other care homes within 3 miles, 14 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Dimensions Somerset Spring View, 0.9 miles away.

11 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Brympton ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Somerset ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (1 min), a park (3 min), a café (1 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

Likely fees

We estimate West Abbey at £1,520–£1,860 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £79k–£97k.

Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.

If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Somerset Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.

What the ratings tell you

All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for West Abbey: no single area stands out above or below the rest.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 153 of the 183 other care homes in Somerset that CQC has rated.

Ownership and company checks

West Abbey is run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited (company 02849519), incorporated in 1993, 17 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 5 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is other human health activities.

Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited runs 165 CQC-registered services across 73 council areas; 116 of the 129 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (90%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

2 of its services are in Somerset.

It trades under the Barchester Healthcare brand, which covers 165 services run by 1 registered provider.