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St Fillans Care HomeEssex

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Rated:Requires ImprovementNursing

St Fillans Care Home

St Fillans Road, Colchester, Essex, CO4 0PT

01206855407

Care Type

Nursing Care

Inspection date

30 September 2022

Provider

St. Fillan Healthcare Limited

Beds

71 beds

How this home compares nearby

Of 23 care homes for older people within 5 miles, 18 are rated higher by CQC, 4 are the same and 1 is lower.

11 of these nearby homes have been inspected more recently than this one.

Based on CQC ratings, updated 22 October 2026. How we compare homes | See the nearby homes

Rating history

GoodApr 2015
Requires ImprovementDec 2016
GoodApr 2018
Requires ImprovementNov 2022

Rating dropped from Good to Requires Improvement in 2022. CQC has rated this home 4 times since 2015.

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

Costs and who runs this home

This is the only care home St. Fillan Healthcare Limited runs in England.

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.

NHS-funded Nursing Care pays £267.68 a week to the home towards registered nursing care for eligible residents (2026/27). A quoted fee may already exclude it.
This home lists dementia care, which usually costs more than standard residential care. See dementia care home costs. NHS Continuing Healthcare may apply where someone's needs are primarily health needs.
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 St Fillans Care Home

St Fillans Care Home brings nursing care to the heart of Essex, offering families a place where their loved ones can feel genuinely looked after. The team here understands how important it is to find somewhere that feels like more than just a care setting, and that sense of warmth comes through in the day-to-day life of the home. For families beginning this journey, St Fillans aims to provide the reassurance and support that makes such a big decision feel a little easier.

St Fillans provides personal and nursing care to up to 71 people across four separate units with adapted facilities. During inspection visits in September 2022, inspectors found poor infection prevention and control practices, including issues with wearing, storage and disposal of personal protective equipment, along with cleanliness concerns in the main and satellite kitchens. The provider took immediate action, purchasing additional clinical bins, providing plastic wipeable boxes for PPE storage, and completing a full cleaning programme including a deep kitchen clean.

Staff received guidance on correct PPE use with spot checks implemented to ensure compliance.

A follow-up visit confirmed these improvements had been made. However, inspectors noted that governance systems were not always being used effectively to identify and drive improvements, with internal infection control and dementia audits failing to identify the issues that inspectors had found during their visits.

Source: CQC inspection report, 8 November 2022

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder 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 with nursing
Registered capacity: 71 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · CO4 0PT

Registered care categories

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

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: Requires improvement.

Rating report published 8 November 2022. Latest inspection date recorded: 30 September 2022.

Safe: Requires improvement
Effective: Requires improvement
CaringPublished 4 April 2018: Good
ResponsivePublished 4 April 2018: Good
Well-led: Requires improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
Effective: How are staff training, nutrition and health outcomes checked now?
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 St Fillans Care Home'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 St Fillans Care Home, 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 St Fillans Care Home, 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 St Fillans Care Home'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