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Elmcroft Care Home

Brickhouse Road, Tolleshunt Major, Maldon, CM9 8JX

Goodpublished 20 February 2026, 6 months ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Elmcroft Care Home on 4 February 2023. We are still reading it. Check back soon, or read the report itself on cqc.org.uk.

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The story over the years

Every inspection of Elmcroft Care Home

7 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has improved, from Inadequate to Requires improvement.

  1. February 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. May 2019Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  3. January 2018Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. June 2017Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. July 2015Goodup from Inadequate
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. May 2015Inadequatestayed Inadequate
    Well-led: Requires improvement

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  7. February 2015Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

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  8. September 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. May 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. March 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. November 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  12. February 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  13. March 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  14. August 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  15. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 4 January 2011.

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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