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, Halstead, CO9 1JW
- Care types
- Residential, Dementia
- CQC rating
- Requires Improvement
- Latest CQC inspection
- 16 February 2023
- Beds
- 62
- Funding accepted
- Self Funding (Private), Local Authority, Local Authority with Top Up, NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
- Phone
- 01787 472170
- CQC location ID
- 1-131482122
Rated 3.6/5 from 31 Google reviews.
What families say
Families have reported significant concerns about the care provided at Blackthorns Care Home, including severe dehydration, weight loss, and poor hygiene. Some have also experienced issues with missing personal items and a lack of respect for residents' dignity. In contrast, one family had a very positive experience,…
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 CareFinder on 9 September 2026.
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