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?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. ?
Gifford House Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 47 other homes in Essex.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Gifford House Care Home is a 102-bed nursing home in Basildon, Essex, run by AMS Care Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Essex are smaller: the median there is 22 beds.
Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. In Essex, 84% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2025. 89% of homes in Essex also score 5.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in November 2023. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in January 2020, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved.
