Alderwood Care Home
39 Essex Hall Road, Colchester, CO1 1ZP · Essex · East of England
65 beds · operated by Carebase (Colchester) Limited, part of Carebase
Diligence verdict
Rated Outstanding overall, but the rating is 8 years old.
- Age of rating
- 8 years old — published 19 May 2018. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 19 May 2018 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 19 May 2018 |
| Caring | Outstandingrating 3+ yrs old | 19 May 2018 |
| Responsive | Outstandingrating 3+ yrs old | 19 May 2018 |
| Well-led | Outstandingrating 3+ yrs old | 19 May 2018 |
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
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See a sample and order →- Registered with CQC
- 15 Jul 2011
- Beds
- 65
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-244876318
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.