The Firs Care Centre
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The Firs Care Centre is a 40-bedded care home located in Taunton, Somerset, providing residential, nursing, and dementia care. The facility offers a homely…
- Care home
- The Firs Care Centre
- Location
- 251 Staplegrove Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6AQ, Taunton, TA2 6AQ
- Care types
- Nursing
- CQC rating
- Good
- Latest CQC inspection
- 16 June 2022
- Beds
- 40
- Funding accepted
- Self Funding (Private), Local Authority, Local Authority with Top Up, NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
- Phone
- 01823 275927
- CQC location ID
- 1-16658088520
Rated 5/5 from 7 Google reviews.
What families say
Families praise The Firs Care Centre for its friendly and skilled staff, who provide a safe environment for residents. The management and team are also commended for their excellence. Overall, reviewers express high satisfaction with the care home, describing it as a welcoming and well-run facility, although some…
What the CQC says
Rated Good by the CQC on 1 July 2025.
Good — the service is performing well and meeting CQC’s expectations. What this rating means
The five key questions
- Safe
- Requires improvement — Are people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?
- Effective
- Good — Does the care achieve good outcomes and follow best practice?
- Caring
- Good — Are staff kind, respectful and compassionate?
- Responsive
- Good — Is care organised around each person’s needs?
- Well-led
- Good — Is the home well run, open and always improving?
What has changed
- Overall rating improved from Requires improvement to Good (previously rated December 2020).
- Improved: Well-led (Requires improvement → Good).
- Still needs work: Safe — Requires improvement.
Source: Care Quality Commission — read the full CQC report. Last checked by CareFinder on 21 September 2026.
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