St Michael's Care Home
93 Marine Parade East, Clacton On Sea, CO15 6JW · Essex · East of England
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but the rating is 6 years old.
- Age of rating
- 6 years old — published 5 Feb 2020. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care home without nursing
- Beds
- 44
- Registered with CQC
- 21 Mar 2011
- Run by
- The Sisters of Mercy of the Union of Great Britain
Who this service supports
The groups this service is registered with CQC to support. Registration says who a service may care for — it is not a quality judgement, and it is not a recommendation.
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Care home without nursing
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Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 5 Feb 2020 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 5 Feb 2020 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 5 Feb 2020 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 5 Feb 2020 |
| Well-led | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 5 Feb 2020 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
- Take the visit checklistWhat to look for and the questions to ask when you visit — the things a rating cannot tell you.
- Coming out of hospitalIf this follows a hospital stay: the discharge decision, reablement, and what to ask the ward.
- Ask the council for a needs assessmentFree, whatever the savings, and the formal route to arranged care and funding.
- Understand who paysThe means test, what happens to the home, and NHS Continuing Healthcare.
- How to read this ratingWhat the words mean, the five key questions, and why the date matters.
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- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-123423968
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 8 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.