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The Cottage Residential Care Home

51 High Street, Brightlingsea, Colchester, CO7 0AQ

Inadequatepublished 15 September 2025, 11 months ago

Rated Inadequate: inspectors found the service performing badly and the CQC has taken enforcement action.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on The Cottage Residential Care Home on 11 December 2018. 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 The Cottage Residential Care Home

3 rated inspections over 3 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

  1. December 2018Goodcurrent ratingup from Inadequate
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  2. March 2018Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  3. April 2016Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. August 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  5. November 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. December 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. August 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 14 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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