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Oaklands (Essex)Essex

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Rated:GoodResidential

Oaklands (Essex)

Forest Glade, Dunton Hills, Laindon, Essex, SS16 6SX

01268491491

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

8 May 2024

Provider

HC-One Limited

Beds

55 beds

How this home compares nearby

Of 16 care homes for older people within 5 miles, 1 is rated higher by CQC, 11 are the same and 4 are lower.

1 of these nearby homes has been inspected more recently than this one.

Based on CQC ratings, updated 23 October 2026. How we compare homes | See the nearby homes

Rating history

GoodFeb 2016
Requires ImprovementNov 2016
Requires ImprovementAug 2017
Requires ImprovementNov 2017
GoodJul 2018
InadequateMar 2020
InadequateMar 2021
Requires ImprovementAug 2021
GoodOct 2024

Improved from Requires Improvement to Good in 2024. CQC has rated this home 9 times since 2016.

Source: CQC inspection reports. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Costs and who runs this home

Run by HC-One Limited, which runs 114 care homes in England: 2 rated Outstanding, 66 Good, 13 Requires Improvement and 33 not yet rated.

Average care home fees in the East of England: £1,034 a week for residential care and £1,411 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

How to pay for a care home explains the council means test, what counts as capital and the funding you can ask to be assessed for.

About Oaklands (Essex)

Oaklands is a residential care home in Essex providing accommodation and personal care for older people. The findings below set out the CQC's most recent assessment of the service.

Oaklands (Essex) is a residential care home providing accommodation and personal care for up to 55 older people. At the time of the assessment, 40 people were being supported. The CQC found that people and relatives felt safe and well cared for, describing staff as kind and friendly, with meaningful activities, free access to the garden, and a popular monthly dementia cafe for families.

Inspectors rated the home Good overall, with Safe, Effective, Caring and Responsive all rated Good. However, Well-led was rated Requires Improvement, indicating shortfalls in the leadership and management of the service that need addressing.

Source: CQC assessment, 25 October 2024

Specialist Care

Older peopleYounger adults

Fees and availability

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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: 55 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · SS16 6SX

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs.

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 25 October 2024. Assessment date recorded: 8 May 2024.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 25 October 2024. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Oaklands (Essex) is a residential care home providing accommodation with personal care for up to 55 people. The service provides care to older people. We carried out our on-site assessment on 3 September 2024. Off site assessment activity started on 29 August 2024 and ended on 12 September 2024. This was a responsive assessment. At the time of our assessment 40 people were being supported with personal care at the service. We looked at quality statements relating to areas in Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-Led. We looked at 5 key questions, but we did not assess all quality statements during this assessment. For those areas we did not assess, we used the ratings awarded at the last inspection to calculate the overall rating.

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

Questions prompted by these ratings

Well-led: What has changed in management, checks and oversight since this rating?

These are questions for your visit, not a claim about conditions today.

Read Oaklands (Essex)'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 Oaklands (Essex), consider asking...

1.What happens if my relative's care needs increase significantly -- will they have to move?
2.How do you handle concerns or complaints from families?
3.What does the monthly fee cover and what will cost extra?
4.How do you keep families informed about their relative's day-to-day wellbeing?
5.What happens if my relative is unhappy here?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Oaklands (Essex), look out for...

1.Do staff greet residents by name and stop to chat?
2.Are residents dressed, up and occupied, or sitting alone in front of a TV?
3.Does the home smell fresh and feel clean without being clinical?
4.Do residents look comfortable and at ease, or anxious and withdrawn?
5.Does the manager answer your questions openly or deflect?

Could the NHS fund Oaklands (Essex)'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