Forest Place Nursing Home
Forest Place Nursing Home is a care home with nursing in Buckhurst Hill, run by Martlane Limited. CQC rated it Requires improvement overall in June 2026 (last checked 30 June 2026). It has 120 beds. It is registered to support people living with dementia, older people and younger adults.
- Care home with nursing
Forest Place, Roebuck Lane, Buckhurst Hill, Essex, IG9 5QL
What CQC says
Overall rating
The service is not performing as well as it should.
Down from Good, 22 June 2023.
Last checked by CQC: 30 June 2026.
The five key questions
CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.
Is it safe?
Requires improvementrated 3 months ago (30 June 2026)Is it effective?
No rating for this question.
Is it caring?
No rating for this question.
Is it responsive to people’s needs?
No rating for this question.
Is it well-led?
Inadequaterated 3 months ago (30 June 2026)
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Understanding this rating
Plain facts about how CQC rates and inspects services, as CQC describes them. This is not advice and not a rating of ours.
CQC rated it Requires improvement overall. It rated “Well-led” as Inadequate.
What CQC looks at
Safe: Requires improvement
CQC checks whether people are protected from abuse and avoidable harm. It looks at safeguarding, how risks are managed, staffing levels and training, medicines, and keeping the place clean to stop infections.
Questions you could ask
- How are medicines looked after and given on time?
- How do you decide how many staff are on duty, day and night?
- When something goes wrong, what do you do, and how do you tell families?
Well-led: Inadequate
CQC checks how well the service is run. It looks at the managers and leaders, the culture, how the service checks and improves its own quality, and whether staff feel able to speak up.
Questions you could ask
- Who is the registered manager, and how can families contact them?
- How do you check the quality of care yourselves?
- How can staff raise worries, and how are they supported when they do?
How often CQC looks again
There is no fixed timetable. CQC decides when to look at a service again. It uses the information it holds about the service and how much risk it sees. It may look sooner if it hears of concerns.
Earlier ratings
Overall ratings this service had before, newest first. These are CQC’s own earlier ratings.
- Good22 June 2023Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement1 February 2023Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement21 September 2021Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement18 March 2021Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement3 January 2020Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement15 March 2019Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement2 February 2018Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement27 September 2016Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Inadequate8 April 2016Read the report (opens in a new tab)
About this service
- Type of care
- Care home with nursing
- Who it supports
- Dementia, Older people, Younger adults
- Number of beds
- 120
- Nursing care
- Yes, nurses are on hand
- Registered since
- 12 January 2011
- Local council area
- Essex
Who runs it
- Provider
- Martlane Limited
- Brand
- BRAND Abbey Total Care Group
- Kind of provider
- Company or organisation