Mickleboro Lodge

184 St. Andrews Avenue, Colchester, CO4 3AG

01206521995

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

17 July 2025

Provider

D & S Healthcare Limited

Beds

8 beds

About Mickleboro Lodge

Mickleboro Lodge is a small residential care home in Colchester, Essex, with 8 beds. It is operated by D & S Healthcare Limited and provides care for older people, younger adults, and individuals with dementia or mental health conditions. The home's intimate size allows for personalised support tailored to each resident's needs.

Located on St. Andrews Avenue in the CO4 postcode area, the home is accessible within Colchester's residential setting. The home was last inspected by the CQC on 29 August 2025, when it received a Good rating.

This assessment reflects the home's performance across the key areas evaluated during inspection.

The diverse range of residents supported, from older people to younger adults with specific health conditions, indicates the home's capability to manage complex care requirements across different age groups and conditions.

Specialist Care

DementiaMental healthOlder peopleYounger adults

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 21 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service without nursing
Registered capacity: 8 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · CO4 3AG

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Mental health conditions.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Good.

Assessment published 29 August 2025. Assessment date recorded: 17 July 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 29 August 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Mickleboro Lodge is a residential care home providing accommodation and personal care for up to 8 people who have primarily mental health needs. The service was registered with CQC on 10 July 2024, and this is the first inspection since registration. We therefore looked at all Quality Statements within the 5 key questions of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led. We carried out an unannounced site visit to the service on 28 July 2025, at the time there were 7 people living at Mickleboro Lodge.
The overall rating for this service is Good. We found significant improvement in all aspects of the service and outcomes for people using the service since a change in the provider. At the time of inspection, the service currently had no registered manager. The provider was currently managing the service until a manager was recruited. In addition to the provider, the service had inclusive leaders who had the skills, knowledge, experience and credibility to lead effectively. The provider had worked hard at building trust between the leadership team and staff to improve outcomes for people and staff. The provider cared about and promoted the wellbeing of their staff and staff told us they enjoyed their roles. Staff told us they felt valued and supported in their roles, including through specialist training, supervisions and team meetings. There was a good learning culture in which incidents were thoroughly investigated and learnt from to improve the service. Staff managed medicines well. The provider, leaders and staff worked well in partnership with other professionals to deliver good outcomes to people.

Safe: Good
Effective: Good
Caring: Good
Responsive: Good
Well-led: Good

Read Mickleboro Lodge's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Mickleboro Lodge, consider asking...

1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Mickleboro Lodge, look out for...

1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Mickleboro Lodge's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees