Wickham Care Home
Wickham Bishops Road, Chelmsford, CM3 2JL · Essex · East of England
35 beds · operated by GCH (South) Ltd, part of Gold Care Homes
Diligence verdict
Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 2 years old, and 1 of this operator's 5 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- SafeRequires improvement13 Oct 2023EffectiveRequires improvement13 Oct 2023Well-ledRequires improvement13 Oct 2023
- Age of rating
- 2 years old — published 13 Oct 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 1 of 5 of GCH (South) Ltd's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Requires improvement | 13 Oct 2023 |
| Effective | Requires improvement | 13 Oct 2023 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 6 Oct 2022 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 31 May 2019 |
| Well-led | Requires improvement | 13 Oct 2023 |
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 — 5 other locations
Other active services registered to GCH (South) Ltd. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Baugh House Care Centre | Good23 Jun 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Bexley |
| Brackenbridge House | Good11 May 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Hillingdon |
| Hillside Nursing Home | Good26 Apr 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Havering |
| Kent House | Good24 Feb 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Harrow |
| Peverel Green Care Home | Not yet rated | Essex |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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See a sample and order →- Registered with CQC
- 19 May 2017
- Beds
- 35
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-3618623018
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.