SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe environmentsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?46%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSignificant shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?50%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?54%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?46%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 3 good, 30 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. ?
Brook Lodge Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 56 other homes in Essex.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Danforth Care No. 1 Limited runs Brook Lodge Care Home, a residential care home in Basildon, Essex with room for 66 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Essex, where the typical home has 22 beds.
Its CQC rating, from June 2026, is Requires improvement across the board: overall and for every key question. The typical rating in Essex is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found significant shortfalls in “assessing needs”, one of 30 standards out of 33 scored below good.
In Essex, 84% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). About 0.7 km away, Mundy House is rated Good. It is one of 6 homes run by Danforth Care No. 1 Limited. 2 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
