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. ?
Run by Broad Horizons Limited, Mill House is a residential care home in Colchester, Essex with 4 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Essex, where the median is 22 beds.
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 June 2023. 89% of homes in Essex also score 5. Broad Horizons Limited runs 2 care homes, and 1 of the 2 rated are Good or Outstanding. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
Its CQC rating, from September 2018, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Its rating before that, in December 2015, was the same. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 48% of homes in Essex. Here is how rating age varies by council.
