Residential care home · Essex

Four Winds

32A Church Road, Brightlingsea, Colchester, CO7 0JF

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 7 years ago
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Four Winds is a residential care home in Colchester in Essex, run by Consensus Support Services Limited. It is registered for up to 6 residents and supports older people, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism.

Its latest CQC rating, published December 2018, is Good overall, and Good in all five key questions. For comparison, 83% of care homes in Essex are rated Good or Outstanding. The rating is 7 years old. CQC decides when to re-inspect based on risk, so this isn't a mark against the home, but it's worth asking what has changed since.

CQC rating

Good
Published 18 December 2018 Rated 7 years ago
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good

Older rating. Published 18 December 2018, 7 years ago. CQC prioritises inspections by risk, so many well-run homes go years without a visit. We never rank a home lower for an old rating. Check the CQC website for anything newer.

Read the full inspection report on cqc.org.uk ↗

How it compares in Essex

Four Winds is in the Good tier, alongside 235 other homes in Essex. Of the 369 rated care homes here, 83% are Good or Outstanding (England: 83%).

  • Outstanding 7 (2%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 16 (4%)
  • Good 236 (60%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 49 (12%)
  • Requires improvement 58 (15%)
  • Inadequate 3 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 24 (6%)

Half of Essex's ratings are more than 5.1 years old. How tiers work

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The provider's other homes

Consensus Support Services Limited runs 57 care homes registered with CQC: 5 Outstanding, 48 Good, 3 Requires improvement, 1 Not yet rated.

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    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago
  • Haydock House
    Kettering, North Northamptonshire · NN16 9HX · Residential care home · 8 beds
    Outstanding S: OutstandingE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • Heatherington House
    Kettering, North Northamptonshire · NN16 0EF · Residential care home · 8 beds
    Outstanding S: OutstandingE: OutstandingC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • Holland House
    Corby, North Northamptonshire · NN17 1UX · Residential care home · 4 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago
  • Kingarth
    Manchester, Bury · M26 1LS · Residential care home · 7 beds
    Outstanding S: OutstandingE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 2 years ago
  • 78 Polwell Lane
    Kettering, North Northamptonshire · NN15 6UB · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 8 years ago

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