SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
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?Requires improvement
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. ?
Ramsey Step Down and Care Centre is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 56 other homes in Essex.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Ramsey Step Down and Care Centre
Ramsey Step Down and Care Centre is one of 395 care homes in Essex: a 37-bed nursing home in Harwich, run by Care Solutions (East Anglia) Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people and younger adults. The typical home in Essex has 22 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in January 2023. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. CQC rated caring and responsive as Good.
The nearest home with a higher rating is The Tamarind (Good), 0.7 km away. 56 other homes in Essex share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from July 2025. That is true of 89% of homes in Essex.
