SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
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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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 20 good, 13 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. ?
Moulsham Home is one of 395 care homes in Essex: a 37-bed residential care home in Chelmsford, run by Moulsham Residential Home (Chelmsford) Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. That is larger than most homes in Essex, where the typical home has 22 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from July 2024, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in December 2023. Ratings in Essex are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 13 fell below good. The lowest was “workforce wellbeing and enablement” (some shortfalls).
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2026. That is true of 89% of homes in Essex. 56 other homes in Essex share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The nearest home with a higher rating is Cherry Wood Grange Care Home (Good), 0.2 km away.
