SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?63%Good
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
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?65%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
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?68%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome 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: 25 good, 8 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. ?
Care UK Community Partnerships Ltd runs Silversprings, a nursing home in Colchester, Essex with room for 64 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Essex are smaller: the median there is 22 beds.
Its CQC rating, from April 2026, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Before that, in May 2019, it was rated Requires improvement. That is more recent than most ratings in Essex, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. CQC found some shortfalls in “kindness, compassion and dignity”, one of 8 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in October 2025. That is true of 89% of homes in Essex. 237 other homes in Essex share its tier, “Good”. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. 97 of Care UK Community Partnerships Ltd’s 102 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).
