Longmead Court Nursing Home
Nursing home in Braintree, registered for 54 beds. Regulated by CQC.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Safe | Requires improvement |
| Effective | Requires improvement |
| Caring | Good |
| Responsive | Good |
| Well-led | Requires improvement |
Details
- Type of care
- Nursing home
- Registered places
- 54
- Address
- 247 London Road, Black Notley, Braintree, CM77 8QQ
- Telephone
- 01376344440
- Registered provider
- Dovecote Care Homes Limited
- Registered manager
- Wells, Vanessa
- Registered since
- 2010-12-31
- Local authority
- Essex
- Constituency
- Braintree
- Regulator record
- View on cqc.org.uk
At 54 beds it is smaller than 44% of the 82 nursing homes in Essex.
Evidence and freshness
This is a permanent CareFacts record built from the service’s regulator identifier. It is evidence from the public register, not a recommendation or a live vacancy check.
- CareFacts record ID
e1-135033325- Regulator location ID
1-135033325- Current source release
- CQC active locations, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2026-09-14
A newer source release may change the registration, operator, capacity or rating shown here. CareFacts preserves the identifier so future real changes can be compared once more than one compatible snapshot exists.
Who this service is for
- Dementia
- Mental Health
- Older People
- Younger Adults
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- Mental health conditions
- Caring for adults over 65 yrs
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