Residential care home · Essex

Wensley House Residential Home

Bell Common, Epping, CM16 4DL

Requires improvement Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago
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Wensley House Residential Home is a residential care home in Epping in Essex, run by Beling & Co Limited. CQC registers it for 48 places and supports older people, people living with dementia and people with mental health needs.

Its latest CQC rating, published March 2025, is Requires improvement overall. It was rated Good for safe and caring. For comparison, 83% of care homes in Essex are rated Good or Outstanding.

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 14 March 2025 Rated 1 year ago
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

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

How it compares in Essex

Wensley House Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier, alongside 57 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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