Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 years ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
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?Requires improvement
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. ?
Bluebell Nursing & Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 1 other home in Thurrock.
92% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Bluebell Place Limited runs Bluebell Nursing & Residential Home, a nursing home in Grays, Thurrock with room for 82 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Thurrock are smaller: the median there is 12 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from March 2024, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in July 2021, was Good, so the home has slipped. That is more recent than most ratings in Thurrock, where the typical rating is about 5 years old.
Across Thurrock, 92% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The nearest home with a higher rating is Grays Court (Good), 0.7 km away.
