SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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?Good
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. ?
Four Winds is one of 395 care homes in Essex: a 6-bed residential care home in Colchester, run by Consensus Support Services Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Essex, where the typical home has 22 beds.
Its CQC rating, from December 2018, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Its rating before that, in July 2016, was the same. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Essex, 48% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
Across Essex, 84% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from December 2022. That is true of 89% of homes in Essex. 52 of Consensus Support Services Limited’s 55 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
