Residential care home · Essex

Blossomwood

Colchester Road, Elmstead Market, Colchester, CO7 7AZ

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 6 years ago

CQC rating

Good
Published 2 April 2020 Rated 6 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good

CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • August 2017GoodSECRW
  • May 2015GoodSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Essex

Blossomwood is in the Good tier ?, with 237 other homes in Essex. 84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 7 (2%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 17 (4%)
  • Good 238 (60%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 48 (12%)
  • Requires improvement 57 (14%)
  • Inadequate 4 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 24 (6%)

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What the data says about Blossomwood

Blossomwood is one of 395 care homes in Essex: a 12-bed residential care home in Colchester, run by Mr Ramrup Bolaky & Mr Pelandapatirage Gemunu Dias. Its CQC registration covers people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Essex, where the median is 22 beds.

Its CQC rating, from April 2020, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in August 2017. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Essex, 48% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).

None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. 237 other homes in Essex share its tier, “Good”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from October 2024. 89% of homes in Essex score the top mark of 5.