CQC report explained · a residential care home, run by Brambles Care Home

Cameron House

Plumleys, Pitsea, Basildon, SS13 1NQ

Requires improvementpublished 13 May 2023, 3 years ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The five questions inspectors ask

Safe?: Requires improvement; Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?: Good; Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?: Good; Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?: Good; Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?: Requires improvement; Is the service run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.

The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Cameron House. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Cameron House

6 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

May 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
August 2022Requires improvementdown from Good
Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
April 2020Goodup from Requires improvement
Safe: GoodWell-led: Good
March 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
June 2016Goodup from Requires improvement
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
September 2015Requires improvement
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
July 2025
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 7 July 2025.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission. A service can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections, not every contact the CQC has had with the service.

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