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. ?
Willow Health Limited is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 47 other homes in Essex.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Willow Health Limited is an independent 7-bed residential care home in Colchester, Essex, registered with CQC under its own name. It is registered to care for people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Essex, where the median is 22 beds.
Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Across Essex, 84% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 4 out of 5 in September 2026. In Essex, 89% of homes score 5.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in July 2019. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in July 2018. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 48% of homes in Essex. Here is how rating age varies by council.
