Nursing home · Essex

St George's Witham Nursing Home

18-20 Avenue Road, Witham, CM8 2DT

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 31 August 2023 Rated 3 years ago ?
  • 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?Requires improvement
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

  • November 2019GoodSECRW previous owner
  • June 2017GoodSECRW previous owner
  • May 2015GoodSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Essex

St George's Witham Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 56 other homes in Essex. 84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 7 (2%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 17 (4%)
  • Good 238 (60%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 48 (12%)
  • Requires improvement 57 (14%)
  • Inadequate 4 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 24 (6%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Park View
    Witham, Essex · CM8 1AX · Residential care home · 87 beds0.7 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • Mandalay
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: Requires improvementW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Rose Belle
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    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 5 months ago
  • Creative Support - 2, 3 and 4 Nightingale Close
    Witham, Essex · CM8 1AP · Residential care home · 18 beds1.5 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 9 years ago
  • Little Oaks
    Witham, Essex · CM8 3JY · Residential care home · 14 beds3.5 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Peverel Green Care Home
    Chelmsford, Essex · CM3 2JL · Nursing home · 60 beds3.8 km
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated

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Other homes run by Outlook Care

8 care homes in total: 5 Good, 3 Requires improvement.

  • Kemsing Road Respite Service
    London, Greenwich · SE10 0LL · Residential care home · 4 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Outlook Care - Dagenham Road
    Romford, Barking and Dagenham · RM7 0XX · Residential care home · 8 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 month ago
  • Outlook Care - Neave Crescent
    Romford, Havering · RM3 8HN · Residential care home · 10 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 months ago
  • Outlook Care - Summit Road
    London, Waltham Forest · E17 9LR · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 months ago
  • Outlook Care - Veronica Close
    Romford, Havering · RM3 8JW · Residential care home · 10 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 months ago
  • Foxburrow Grange
    Colchester, Essex · CO2 7NL · Nursing home · 69 beds
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago

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About St George's Witham Nursing Home

St George's Witham Nursing Home is a 40-bed nursing home in Witham, Essex, run by Outlook Care. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. The typical home in Essex has 22 beds, so this one is bigger than average.

About 0.7 km away, Park View is rated Good. Outlook Care runs 8 care homes, and 5 of the 8 rated are Good or Outstanding. 56 other homes in Essex share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2025. 89% of homes in Essex also score 5.

The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in August 2023. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated caring as Good. Its previous rating, in November 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped.