Boulevard Lodge
Nursing home in Southend-on-Sea
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- Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
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About
Boulevard Lodge is a small, family-run care home at 163 Southchurch Boulevard in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It is registered for nine beds and provides residential, nursing, dementia and respite care, with dementia named as its specialist support area. The Care Quality Commission rated the home Good overall in its report published in 2019, and it received Good ratings for each of the five key questions: safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led.
The home describes a friendly, caring environment and says its staff are trained in dementia care practices. It states that it keeps a higher staff-to-resident ratio than many homes, though no figure is given in its material. Residents are invited to visit and take tea with staff, and the home publishes a small number of resident and family comments about the care they have received.
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 3 May 2019 · Last inspected 7 March 2019
Inspectors rated this small residential home for up to nine older adults Good overall, in an inspection carried out in March 2019. They found care was person-centred, with staff described as kind, polite and respectful of privacy, and that people felt safe and were happy living there. Safety systems, medicines handling, staff recruitment and training, and complaints handling were all found to be in place and working.
- Staff were described as kind, polite and respectful, and people's privacy and independence were supported
- Safety checks, risk assessments and safe medicines administration were in place
- Staff received induction, training and supervision, and safe recruitment processes were followed
- The registered manager was approachable and the provider's regular visits and audits were noted
- The effective domain was rated Requires Improvement, so the report says this area needs to improve
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
Facilities
Food hygiene rating
Very good
Food Standards Agency · inspected May 2025
What's nearby
- Near a main road
Straight-line distances. Road and rail noise from government strategic noise mapping (modelled, not measured). A&E departments from the NHS website.
What’s in the area
Outdoor Spaces
- AllotmentsAdequate
- Play SpaceSparse
- Golf CourseAdequate
- Public ParkSparse
- Tennis CourtPlentiful
- Bowling GreenAdequate
- Playing FieldAmple
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsSparse
- Restaurants & CafesAdequate
- Retail ShoppingLimited
- SupermarketsAdequate
- TakeawaysSparse
Local crime statistics
984 recorded crimes in the local area (April 2026)
Top categories:
Source: data.police.uk · within 1 mile
Fees and funding
| Care type | Weekly fee | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Residential care | Fees on request | — |
| Dementia care | Fees on request | — |
| Nursing care | Fees on request | — |
| Respite (short stay) | Fees on request | — |
- Funding accepted
- Not stated
Fees depend on the room and the care needed, so ask the home for a written quote. Check who pays with the funding calculator, or see what Southend-on-Sea council pays.
Care fee trajectory
| Year | Council rate (per week) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | £903 |
| 2025 | £958 |
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Local health safety net
Boulevard Lodge is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Southend Hospital, 2.8 miles away. The local GP practice is CENTRAL SURGERY - SOUTHCHURCH BLVD, 0.5 miles away, rated ‘Requires improvement’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
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Information last reviewed October 2026.
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