Fern Lodge
108 Broad Road, Braintree, CM7 9RX · Essex · East of England
8 beds · operated by Provide Care Solutions Limited
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but Well-led is Requires improvement (20 May 2025), and 2 of this operator's 6 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- Well-ledRequires improvement20 May 2025
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 2 of 6 of Provide Care Solutions Limited's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Good | 20 May 2025 |
| Effective | Good | 20 May 2025 |
| Caring | Good | 20 May 2025 |
| Responsive | Good | 20 May 2025 |
| Well-led | Requires improvement | 20 May 2025 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 6 other locations
Other active services registered to Provide Care Solutions Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Provide Care Solutions Limited | Not yet rated | Essex |
| React Homecare – Derbyshire | Requires improvement28 May 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Derbyshire |
| React Homecare – North Yorkshire | Good11 Oct 2022rating 3+ yrs old | North Yorkshire |
| React Homecare – Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire South | Good13 Jan 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Nottinghamshire |
| React Homecare – South Yorkshire | Good23 Mar 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Doncaster |
| React Homecare – Staffordshire and Cheshire East | Requires improvement21 May 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Cheshire East |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.