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?★Outstanding
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. ?
Lambwood Heights Care home is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 16 other homes in Essex.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Lambwood Heights Care home is one of 395 care homes in Essex: a 73-bed nursing home in Chigwell, run by Oakland Primecare Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in Essex, where the typical home has 22 beds.
CQC last rated the home in August 2021, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and well-led as well. Responsive was rated Outstanding. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 48% of ratings in Essex are as old (how rating age varies by council).
It is one of 5 homes run by Oakland Primecare Limited. 5 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. 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 August 2025. That is true of 89% of homes in Essex.
