Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 4 years ago↓ Down from Good
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. ?
Tallis House is one of 395 care homes in Essex: a 101-bed residential care home in Waltham Abbey, run by Runwood Homes Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Essex are smaller: the median there is 22 beds.
56 other homes in Essex share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from March 2026. 89% of homes in Essex also score 5. 138-138a Mason Way, 0.3 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Runwood Homes Limited runs 55 care homes, and 46 of the 55 rated are Good or Outstanding.
CQC's latest rating, from September 2022, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in June 2021, was Good, so the home has slipped.
