Blackthorns Care Home
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Blackthorns Care Home is a purpose-built residential care home located in Halstead, Essex, providing accommodation and personal care for up to 62 individuals,…
- Care home
- Blackthorns Care Home
- Location
- 21-29 Dooley Road, Halstead, Essex, CO9 1JW
- Care types
- Residential, Dementia
- CQC rating
- Requires Improvement
- Latest CQC inspection
- 16 February 2023
- Beds
- 62
- Phone
- 01787 472170
- CQC location ID
- 1-131482122
What the CQC says
Rated Requires improvement by the CQC on 28 February 2024.
Requires improvement — the service is not performing as well as it should and CQC has told it how to improve. What this rating means
The five key questions
- Safe
- Good — Are people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?
- Effective
- Good — Does the care achieve good outcomes and follow best practice?
- Caring
- Good — Are staff kind, respectful and compassionate?
- Responsive
- Good — Is care organised around each person’s needs?
- Well-led
- Good — Is the home well run, open and always improving?
What has changed
- Overall rating unchanged at Requires improvement since June 2019.
- Improved: Safe (Requires improvement → Good), Effective (Requires improvement → Good), Responsive (Requires improvement → Good), Well-led (Requires improvement → Good).
Source: Care Quality Commission — read the full CQC report. Last checked by Domicile CRM on 20 October 2026.
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