SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?44%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?55%Requires improvement
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySignificant shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 11 good, 22 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. ?
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. ?
Welshwood Manor is one of 395 care homes in Essex: a 34-bed residential care home in Colchester, run by Davard Care Homes Limited. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Essex are smaller: the median there is 22 beds.
CQC last rated the home in July 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective, caring and well-led as well. Responsive was rated Good. Its previous rating, in June 2023, was Good, so the home has slipped. That is more recent than most ratings in Essex, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. 22 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “kindness, compassion and dignity”.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Butterfly's Care Home (Good), 0.9 km away. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from September 2025. That is true of 89% of homes in Essex. Across Essex, 84% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment.
