St George's Witham Nursing Home

18-20 Avenue Road, Witham, Essex, CM8 2DT

01376512258

Care Type

Nursing Care

Inspection date

12 June 2023

Provider

Outlook Care

Beds

40 beds

About St George's Witham Nursing Home

St George's Witham Nursing Home is a nursing care home in Witham, Essex, offering a familiar and community-rooted setting for older adults and their families. The team there understands how significant it is to find the right place for a loved one, and the home aims to provide a friendly, supportive environment where residents can feel at home. For families in and around Essex, it represents a local option worth exploring as part of your care search.

St George's Witham Nursing Home provides personal and nursing care to up to 40 people, primarily older adults and those with nursing care needs, including some living with dementia. At inspection, 33 people were using the service. The home is undergoing a full refurbishment programme to improve safety and hygiene standards.

Inspectors found significant concerns with quality assurance processes that failed to identify ongoing issues. Staff training and supervision were not consistently provided to support professional development, and risk assessments were incomplete. Care plans lacked sufficient detail about people's choices and preferences, and involvement in care planning reviews was unclear.

Medicines administration was handled by trained staff, but records were not always accurately maintained. The home demonstrated safe infection prevention practices and staff understood safeguarding procedures. Recruitment processes included appropriate background checks, and people and relatives reported feeling comfortable raising concerns with the registered manager.

Source: CQC inspection report, 31 August 2023

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesYounger 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: 40 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · CM8 2DT

Registered care categories

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

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 31 August 2023. Latest inspection date recorded: 12 June 2023.

Safe: Requires improvement
Effective: Requires improvement
Caring: Good
Responsive: Requires improvement
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?
Responsive: How are care plans, activities and complaints adapted to each resident?
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 George's Witham Nursing 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 George's Witham Nursing 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 George's Witham Nursing 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 George's Witham Nursing 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