SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?★Outstanding
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?★Outstanding
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?★Outstanding
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. ?
The Oakes is one of 395 care homes in Essex: a 7-bed residential care home in Laindon, run by Kingswood Care Services Limited. Its CQC registration covers younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Essex has 22 beds, so this one is on the small side.
Kingswood Care Services Limited runs 5 care homes, and all 5 rated are Good or Outstanding. It is the only Outstanding home among the 7 closest. Across Essex, 84% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
The current CQC rating is Outstanding, published in August 2019. It was Outstanding for caring, responsive and well-led as well. Safe and effective were rated Good. That is up from Good in January 2017. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Essex, 48% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
