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Fernbrook House

37-47 Fernbrook Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2QW

Goodpublished 15 September 2025, 11 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 Fernbrook House on 15 March 2022. 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 Fernbrook House

5 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. March 2022Inspected but not ratedcurrent rating
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  2. February 2021Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. November 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. May 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. February 2016Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. February 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  7. July 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. May 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. January 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. November 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. September 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  12. April 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  13. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 5 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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