SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?0%Good
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Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?0%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?0%Good
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Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
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: 28 good, 5 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 Forest Pines Care Limited, St Joseph's Nursing Home is a nursing home in Danbury, Essex with 41 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Essex, where the typical home has 22 beds.
CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in August 2026. Its rating before that, in January 2020, was the same. The typical rating in Essex is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “monitoring and improving outcomes”, one of 5 standards out of 33 scored below good.
237 other homes in Essex share its tier, “Good”. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in May 2025. That is true of 89% of homes in Essex. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
