Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from April 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Chelmsford, CM1 1HT
East of England
Home care in Essex
There are 453 home care services in Essex registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the regulator of adult social care in England.
280 of the 309 with an overall rating from CQC (91%) are rated Good or Outstanding. 144 have no overall rating shown, usually because CQC has not rated them yet or rates the parts of the service separately. CQC data as at 13 October 2026.
Find the right one near you
Search by postcode to see home care by distance, with a map.
How home care in Essex are rated
The 309 with an overall rating from CQC, in CQC’s own words. We never turn these into a score of our own.
- Outstanding12 services (4%)Show them: rated Outstanding
- Good268 services (87%)Show them: rated Good
- Requires improvement28 services (9%)Show them: rated Requires improvement
- Inadequate1 service (0%)Show them: rated Inadequate
- No overall rating shown144 servicesShow them: no overall rating shown
A service with no overall rating may be new, or CQC may rate the parts of it separately. What the ratings mean.
Home care in Essex
Showing 41 to 60 of 453 services.
- Requires improvementrated 4 years ago
Rating from July 2022 (more than 2 years ago)
- Colchester, CO7 9RZ
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from December 2022 (more than 2 years ago)
- Chelmsford, CM2 6EE
- Goodrated 2 years ago
Rating from January 2024 (more than 2 years ago)
- Benfleet, SS7 4QN
- Goodrated 1 year ago
- Mayland, CM3 6EG
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from July 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Billericay, CM12 9LD
- Goodrated 8 years ago
Rating from July 2018 (more than 2 years ago)
- Colchester, CO5 8QT
- No overall rating shown
- Basildon, SS15 6TQ
- Goodrated 2 years ago
Rating from July 2024 (more than 2 years ago)
- Harlow, CM20 2NQ
- No overall rating shown
- Chelmsford, CM1 6AS
- Goodrated 4 years ago
Rating from August 2022 (more than 2 years ago)
- Colchester, CO4 9YQ
- No overall rating shown
- Waltham Abbey, EN9 1JH
- Goodrated 5 years ago
Rating from June 2021 (more than 2 years ago)
- Canvey Island, SS8 0PB
- Goodrated 6 months ago
- Epping, CM16 5DQ
- Goodrated 9 years ago
Rating from September 2017 (more than 2 years ago)
- Colchester, CO6 2DY
- Goodrated 4 years ago
Rating from October 2022 (more than 2 years ago)
- Ingatestone, CM4 0DU
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from June 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Walton On The Naze, CO14 8FA
- Goodrated 5 years ago
Rating from May 2021 (more than 2 years ago)
- Chelmsford, CM2 9RP
- No overall rating shown
- Benfleet, SS7 3BT
- No overall rating shown
- Chelmsford, CM1 1TD
Other kinds of care in Essex
Services registered with CQC here, by kind of care.
Home care in nearby areas
Councils close by. You can often look further afield for more choice.
Choosing home care
Home care (sometimes called domiciliary care) means carers who visit you at home to help with things like washing, dressing, meals and medicines. You stay in your own home.
Things to check
- Ask whether you will have the same carers each time, and what happens if one is off sick.
- Ask how visit times are agreed, and what happens if a carer is running late.
- Ask how long each visit lasts, and whether travel time is counted in it.
- Read the latest CQC report, and ask how the provider checks that visits happen.
Whoever ends up paying, you can ask your council’s adult social care team for a free assessment of what help you need. Our guide explains what to expect and what to ask.
About this information
CQC data as at 13 October 2026. Services not currently providing care, and services that are no longer registered, are not listed.
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