Blackthorns
21-29 Dooley Road, Halstead, CO9 1JW · Essex · East of England
What the record says
Rated Requires improvement overall, and 9 of this operator's 57 rated homes are below Good — this one and 8 others.
- Below Good on
- SafeRequires improvement, published 27 Mar 2025ResponsiveRequires improvement, published 27 Mar 2025Well-ledRequires improvement, published 27 Mar 2025
- This operator's rated services
- Of Runwood Homes Limited's 57 rated homes, 9 are below Good — this one and 8 others. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care home without nursing
- Beds
- 62
- Registered with CQC
- 16 Dec 2010
- Run by
- Runwood Homes Limited
- Part of
- Runwood · 66 services
- Phone
- 01787472170
- Website
- www.runwoodhomes.co.uk
Contact details as recorded by CQC — we don’t hold fees, vacancies or waiting lists, so those are worth asking about directly.
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 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Requires improvement | 27 Mar 2025 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 10 Mar 2023 |
| Caring | Good | 27 Mar 2025 |
| Responsive | Requires improvement | 27 Mar 2025 |
| Well-led | Requires improvement | 27 Mar 2025 |
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 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 56 other locations
Other active services registered to Runwood Homes Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra House - Harlow | Good, published 15 Jul 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Essex |
| Ashwood - Ware | Good, published 25 Aug 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Hertfordshire |
| Bennett Lodge | Good, published 15 Jun 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Thurrock |
| Bracebridge Court | Good, published 2 Jan 2026 | Warwickshire |
| Bramwell | Good, published 9 Apr 2026 | Nottinghamshire |
| Braywood Gardens | Good, published 14 Feb 2025 | Nottinghamshire |
| Brewster House | Requires improvement, published 27 Jun 2024 | Essex |
| Broomhills | Good, published 3 May 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Essex |
| Caldwell Grange | Good, published 25 May 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Warwickshire |
| Carolyne House | Good, published 15 Oct 2025 | Thurrock |
| Chelmunds Court | Good, published 5 Oct 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Solihull |
| Cherry Tree Lodge | Good, published 28 Apr 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Warwickshire |
…and 44 more. See the full group view.
Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
CQC publishes registrations and ratings. It holds nothing at all about fees, current vacancies, staffing levels, or the building itself — there is no field anywhere for door widths, hoists, wet rooms or ground-floor rooms. So no site, including this one, can tell you those. They are worth asking directly — the number is above.
- What are the fees, and what do they not include?
- Do you have a vacancy now, and would you hold a room?
- How many staff are on at night, and how are transfers staffed?
- What change in someone’s needs would mean they had to move, and can I see that in the contract?
More on what to look for and ask on a visit —including what an occupational therapist would check for particular needs — at choosing a care home.
- 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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Nearest first — a place to look around, not a ranking. Other care homes registered for care without nursing within 5 miles, registered for at least one of the same groups this service supports. Distance is straight line between registered addresses. Not an assessment of anyone’s needs.
- Blamster's Farmabout 0.2 miles · Halstead · 31 bedsGood, published 7 Sep 2023
- Halstead Hall Care Homeabout 0.4 miles · Halstead · 65 bedsGood, published 25 Dec 2018rating 3+ yrs old
- Bethany Houseabout 0.5 miles · Halstead · 2 bedsGood, published 30 Aug 2017rating 3+ yrs old
- Bethel Placeabout 0.5 miles · Halstead · 1 bedsGood, published 19 Sep 2018rating 3+ yrs old
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-131482122
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 1 Sep 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01 Sep 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.