SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe environmentsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%★Outstanding
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 9 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. ?
Greenwood Court Care and 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%).
Run by Country Court Care Homes 6 Limited, Greenwood Court Care and Nursing Home is a nursing home in Chelmsford, Essex with 64 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Essex are smaller: the median there is 22 beds.
CQC last rated the home in November 2024, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective and caring as Good. Responsive was rated Outstanding. That is more recent than most ratings in Essex, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 9 fell below good. The lowest was “safe and effective staffing” (significant shortfalls).
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in December 2025. That is true of 89% of homes in Essex. In Essex, 84% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The home changed owner in April 2024. Country Court Care Homes 6 Limited runs 6 care homes, and 5 of the 6 rated are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Chelmsford Care Centre Ltd (Good), 2.4 km away.
