SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?78%Good
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Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
Infection prevention and controlExceptional
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?90%★Outstanding
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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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?79%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 28 good, 5 exceptional. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Pinetree 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%).
Pinetree Care Home is one of 395 care homes in Essex: a 60-bed residential care home in Rayleigh, run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in Essex has 22 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in July 2026. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. For caring, the rating was Outstanding. That is more recent than most ratings in Essex, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. CQC scored 33 standards: 5 exceptional and the rest good.
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 September 2026. That is true of 89% of homes in Essex. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited runs 210 care homes, and 175 of the 198 rated are Good or Outstanding.
