Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↑ Up from Inadequate
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
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?62%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSignificant shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?62%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySignificant shortfalls
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?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 23 good, 10 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Essex Care Consortium - Colchester is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 56 other homes in Essex.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Essex Care Consortium - Colchester is a 20-bed residential care home in Colchester, Essex. The home is its own registered provider. CQC registers it to look after people with dementia, younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2026. 89% of homes in Essex also score 5. In Essex, 84% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Springfields Nursing Home, 2.7 km away, is the closest home rated Good. 2 of Essex Care Consortium Limited’s 3 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).
CQC last rated the home in February 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in February 2024, was Inadequate, so the home has improved. That is more recent than most ratings in Essex, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. 10 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “workforce wellbeing and enablement”.
