SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Good
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?64%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 9 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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. ?
Regal Care Trading Ltd runs Brenalwood Care Home, a residential care home in Walton On The Naze, Essex with room for 38 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Essex has 22 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Its CQC rating, from November 2025, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Before that, in November 2023, it was rated Requires improvement. That is more recent than most ratings in Essex, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. CQC found some shortfalls in “consent to care and treatment”, one of 9 standards out of 33 scored below good.
9 of Regal Care Trading Ltd’s 15 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from April 2024. That is true of 89% of homes in Essex. Across Essex, 84% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
