Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: InadequateRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?46%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSignificant shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSignificant 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 livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?50%Requires improvement
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSignificant shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?54%Requires improvement
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Person-centred careSignificant shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
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
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 7 good, 26 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Gairloch Residential Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 56 other homes in Essex.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Gairloch Residential Care Home is a 24-bed residential care home in Clacton On Sea, Essex, run by Gairloch Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability.
CQC last rated the home in September 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Requires improvement. For well-led, the rating was Inadequate. Its previous rating, in January 2020, was Good, so the home has slipped. That is more recent than most ratings in Essex, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. 26 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “workforce wellbeing and enablement”.
The nearest home with a higher rating is The Cedars (Good), 0.0 km away. In Essex, 84% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2026. That is true of 89% of homes in Essex.
