SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Person-centred careSignificant shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
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: 16 good, 17 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. ?
Run by Mr David Krishnalall Jangali, Priory Lodge is a residential care home in Colchester, Essex with 20 registered beds. It is registered to care for younger adults and people with mental health needs.
Across Essex, 84% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. About 0.6 km away, Ewer Court is rated Good.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in March 2026. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. For caring, the rating was Good. Before that, in December 2023, it was rated Inadequate. The typical rating in Essex is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 17 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “person-centred care”.
