SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
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?60%Good
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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?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 31 standards: 26 good, 5 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. ?
Elizabeth House is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 47 other homes in Essex.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Elizabeth House is one of 395 care homes in Essex: a 109-bed residential care home in Hadleigh, run by Runwood Homes Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Essex are smaller: the median there is 22 beds.
It is one of 55 homes run by Runwood Homes Limited. 46 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. In Essex, 84% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2025. 89% of homes in Essex also score 5.
CQC's latest rating, from March 2024, is Good overall. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. Safe was rated Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from March 2023. The typical rating in Essex is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 31 standards CQC scored, 5 fell below good. The lowest was “learning culture” (some shortfalls).
