Fern Lodge
- Care home
- 8 beds
- No nursing
- Registered since 2023
- High Garrett, Essex, East of England
Good
Rated on
Rating from the Care Quality Commission.
At a glance
1 rating
Only one rating on record, so there is no trend to show yet.
17 months
since the latest rating was published.
295 of 361
rated care homes in Essex are rated Good, like this one.
Fern Lodge: inspection record
Rated Good in May 2025.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
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What inspectors found
From the Care Quality Commission's assessment published 20 May 2025 (assessment visit 5 March 2025). Quoted under the Open Government Licence.
Date of Assessment: 18 March to 3 April 2025. The service is a residential care home providing support to people with a learning disability and or autistic people, as well as those with physical disabilities or sensory needs. Fern Lodge is registered to support a maximum of 8 people, and 8 people were living at the service at the time of our assessment. We carried out this assessment because the service had not yet been inspected since registration under a new provider.
- Safe Good
- Effective Good
- Caring Good
- Responsive Good
- Well-led No rating
Read the rest of CQC's summary
An assessment has been undertaken of a specialist service that is used by autistic people or people with a learning disability. We assessed the service against ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ guidance to make judgements about whether the provider guaranteed people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted.
Right support: The model of care and setting maximised people’s choice, control and independence. Information was presented to people in an accessible way. Risks were assessed to help keep people safe whilst maintaining their independence. People were supported to access leisure activities and appointments in the community to support good health outcomes and quality of life.
Right care: Staff treated people with kindness and warmth. Staff were supported by leaders, and had access to training and support which helped them to meet people’s needs. Leaders had plans in place to enhance communication and involvement with people and their relatives, to ensure consistently personalised care.
Right culture: Ethos, values, attitudes and behaviours of leaders and care staff ensured people using services led confident, inclusive and empowered lives. There was a positive and open culture. Whilst there was strong governance at provider level, some quality assurance systems at location level required improvement. A new manager had recently started at the time of our assessment.
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Safe
Good
Safe – this means we looked for evidence that people were protected from abuse and avoidable harm. This is the first inspection of this newly registered service. This key question has been rated good. This meant people were safe and protected from avoidable harm.
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Effective
Good
Effective – this means we looked for evidence that people’s care, treatment and support achieved good outcomes and promoted a good quality of life, based on best available evidence. This is the first inspection of this newly registered service. This key question has been rated good. This meant people’s outcomes were consistently good, and people’s feedback confirmed this.
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Caring
Good
Caring – this means we looked for evidence that the provider involved people and treated them with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect. This is the first inspection of this newly registered service. This key question has been rated good. This meant people were supported and treated with dignity and respect; and involved as partners in their care.
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Responsive
Good
Responsive – this means we looked for evidence that the provider met people’s needs. This is the first inspection of this newly registered service. This key question has been rated good. This meant people’s needs were met through good organisation and delivery.
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Well-led
No rating
Well-led – this means we looked for evidence that service leadership, management and governance assured high-quality, person-centred care; supported learning and innovation; and promoted an open, fair culture. This is the first inspection of this newly registered service. This key question has been rated requires improvement. This meant the management and leadership was inconsistent. Leaders and the culture they created did not always support the delivery of high-quality, person-centred care.
Questions to ask when you visit
- Well-led was rated Requires improvement on 20 May 2025. Ask about changes in management and what has changed since the report.
- Ask to see the most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) report and what the home did about any points in it.
- Visit at different times of day, including a mealtime.
Registration details
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Care home service without nursing
- Who it supports
- Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder, Older People, Physical Disability, Sensory Impairment, Younger Adults
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)The rating is the Care Quality Commission's. We show it as published and do not change it.
Who runs it
- Provider
- Provide Care Solutions Limited
- Ownership type
- Organisation
- Companies House number
- 04331279 (opens Companies House)
Provide Care Solutions Limited runs 6 services in England, 1 of them in the East of England. 4 are rated Good or Outstanding and 2 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.
Other services run by Provide Care Solutions Limited
- G React Homecare – North Yorkshire Good. Home care, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
- G React Homecare – Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire South Good. Home care, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
- G React Homecare – South Yorkshire Good. Home care, Doncaster, Yorkshire and the Humber
- RI React Homecare – Derbyshire Requires improvement. Home care, Derbyshire, East Midlands
Getting help from Essex County Council
The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.
- Adult social care at Essex County Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 0345 603 7630, Monday to Thursday 8.45am to 5pm, Friday 8.45am to 4.30pm
- Contact adult social care online
- Support for carers
- Paying for care: Essex County Council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does Fern Lodge provide nursing care?
- No. The Care Quality Commission lists Fern Lodge as a care home without nursing.
- How many beds does Fern Lodge have?
- The Care Quality Commission's register lists 8 beds at Fern Lodge.
- When was Fern Lodge last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for Fern Lodge was published on 20 May 2025.
- Who runs Fern Lodge?
- Fern Lodge is run by Provide Care Solutions Limited. It runs 6 services in England, 1 of them in the East of England.
- What is Fern Lodge's CQC rating?
- Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Good, published on 20 May 2025.
Contact
- Phone
- 0300 303 2642
- Address
- 108 Broad Road, Braintree, CM7 9RX Map (opens Google Maps)
Compare nearby
- G Larchwood Care Home Good, less than 0.1 miles away
- G Braintree Mews Care Home Good, 0.6 miles away
- G Millard House Good, 0.7 miles away
- G St Mary's Court Good, 0.7 miles away
- RI The New Deanery Care Home Requires improvement, 0.7 miles away