SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?47%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?0%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome 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?0%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 enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?0%Requires improvement
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Person-centred careSignificant shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?36%Inadequate
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 2 good, 31 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Forest Place Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 56 other homes in Essex.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Forest Place Nursing Home
Forest Place Nursing Home is a 120-bed nursing home in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, run by Martlane Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in Essex has 22 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC's latest rating, from June 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Requires improvement. Well-led was rated Inadequate. That is down from Good in June 2023. The typical rating in Essex is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 31 fell below good. The lowest was “person-centred care” (significant shortfalls).
CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. About 0.2 km away, Lugano Residence for the Elderly is rated Good. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2025. That is true of 89% of homes in Essex. 56 other homes in Essex share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
