SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
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?Good
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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
The Brambles is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 8 other homes in Cambridgeshire.
92% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Anthony Eric Barnes runs The Brambles, a residential care home in Ely, Cambridgeshire with room for 4 residents. Its CQC registration covers people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Cambridgeshire, where the typical home has 35 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from March 2018, is Good overall. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. CQC rated safe as Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in October 2016. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 64% of homes in Cambridgeshire. Here is how rating age varies by council.
Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in October 2023. 88% of homes in Cambridgeshire score the top mark of 5. Across Cambridgeshire, 92% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. Guyatt House, 6.3 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding.
