Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 4 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. ?
Evelyn May House is one of 395 care homes in Essex: a 59-bed residential care home in Basildon, run by Runwood Homes Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in Essex, where the typical home has 22 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in January 2022. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Before that, in November 2019, it was rated Good.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from July 2026. That is true of 89% of homes in Essex. Across Essex, 84% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Runwood Homes Limited runs 55 care homes, and 46 of the 55 rated are Good or Outstanding. The Berrys Carehome, 0.6 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
