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Care homes in Braintree

There are 57 registered care homes in Braintree, 12 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 1,855 registered beds, an average of 33 a home. 52 have a CQC rating, and 77% of those are Good or Outstanding. 12 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Braintree 12Residential care homes in Braintree 45Dementia care homes in Braintree 29

Towns:BraintreeChelmsfordColchesterHalsteadWitham

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The homes

What Essex pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,085 a week£117 more than the middle council in England (£968), the 44th highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,134 a week£49 more than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 57th highest of 151.

This is what the council spent, averaged over every placement it paid for, not a fee anyone is quoted. People paying for themselves are usually charged more: the Competition and Markets Authority found a 41% gap on average in 2017. Nursing figures exclude NHS-funded nursing care, which the NHS pays to the home on top. Source: Department of Health and Social Care, Adult social care finance report 2024-25. Every council compared