Bloomsbury Home Care - Essex
Home care agency in Clacton-on-sea, Essex
Operated by Bloomsbury Home Care
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- Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
- Peaceful Neighbourhood — Among the lowest for recorded anti-social behaviour and public disorder of comparable areas (police-recorded crime).
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About
Bloomsbury Home Care - Essex is a home care agency based in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, providing care and support in people's own homes. Its teams offer complex care, personal care, domestic support and social support, tailoring help to each person's needs, preferences and goals and aiming to help them stay as independent as possible. The agency supports adults of all abilities, with dementia as a particular focus, and also works with older people, younger adults, people with physical disabilities, mental health needs, sensory impairments and learning disabilities.
The Care Quality Commission rates the agency Good overall, with Good ratings for safe, effective, caring and responsive, and Requires Improvement for well-led (report published 2022).
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 25 February 2022 · Last inspected 25 January 2022
Inspectors found that the agency supports people with personal care in their own homes across North Essex, and that people said they felt safe and well cared for. Care plans and risk assessments were described as detailed and specific to each person, and staff training, recruitment and supervision were reported as appropriate. Medicines were handled safely, although the newer medication assessment tool and the new quality checks had not yet been fully embedded.
- People said they felt safe and well cared for
- Care plans and risk reviews were detailed and tailored to each person
- Staff were recruited safely and received role-specific training and regular supervision
- People were supported to make choices and keep control of their lives
- COVID-19 risk assessments for staff did not always explain how the risks could be reduced
- Staff needed further training to use the new medication competency tool properly
- The newly introduced oversight and quality check processes had not yet been shown to be effective
Written by AI from the report text and checked against it. Not an official CQC statement. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Read the full report on CQC.
Care provided
Specialist care
What's nearby
Straight-line distances.
What’s in the area
Outdoor Spaces
- AllotmentsSparse
- Play SpaceLimited
- Golf CourseLimited
- Public ParkLimited
- Tennis CourtLimited
- Bowling GreenSparse
- Playing FieldLimited
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsSparse
- Restaurants & CafesLimited
- Retail ShoppingSparse
- SupermarketsLimited
- TakeawaysLimited
What home care costs
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Local health safety net
Bloomsbury Home Care - Essex is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Colchester Hospital, 12 miles away. The local GP practice is THORPE SURGERY, 0.7 miles away.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
Part of Bloomsbury Home Care
Bloomsbury Home Care - Essex is one of 6 services run by Bloomsbury Home Care on AskBart. See how the group's services are rated and where it operates.
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Information last reviewed October 2026.
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