Essex Care Consortium - Plume Avenue
5a Plume Avenue, Colchester, CO3 4PG · Essex · East of England
4 beds · operated by Essex Care Consortium Limited
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but the rating is 6 years old, and 1 of this operator's 3 rated homes are below Good.
- Age of rating
- 6 years old — published 24 Oct 2019. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 1 of 3 of Essex Care Consortium 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 | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 24 Oct 2019 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 24 Oct 2019 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 24 Oct 2019 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 24 Oct 2019 |
| Well-led | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 24 Oct 2019 |
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 — 2 other locations
Other active services registered to Essex Care Consortium Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Essex Care Consortium - Colchester | Requires improvement19 Feb 2025 | Essex |
| Essex Care Consortium - Marks Tey | Good7 May 2026 | Essex |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 28 Jul 2011
- Beds
- 4
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-251320583
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.