Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from March 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Wickford, SS11 8QW
- 5 beds
Gowlands
Gowlands is a care home in Rochford, run by Hamelin Trust. CQC rated it Good overall in October 2025 (last checked 24 October 2025). It has 10 beds. It is registered to support people with a physical disability, people with a sensory impairment, people with a learning disability or autism and younger adults.
- Care home without nursing
Sutton Bridge Farm, Sutton Road, Rochford, Essex, SS4 1XS
What CQC says
Overall rating
Goodrated 11 months ago (24 October 2025)
The service is performing well and meeting expectations.
The same as the rating before it (Good, 16 March 2018).
Last checked by CQC: 24 October 2025.
The five key questions
CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.
Is it safe?
Requires improvementrated 11 months ago (24 October 2025)Is it effective?
Goodrated 11 months ago (24 October 2025)Is it caring?
Goodrated 11 months ago (24 October 2025)Is it responsive to people’s needs?
Goodrated 11 months ago (24 October 2025)Is it well-led?
Goodrated 11 months ago (24 October 2025)
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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 Good overall. It rated “Safe” as Requires improvement.
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?
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.
- Good16 March 2018Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Good11 February 2016Read the report (opens in a new tab)
About this service
- Type of care
- Care home without nursing
- Who it supports
- Physical disability, Sensory impairment, Learning disability or autism, Younger adults, Children and young people
- Number of beds
- 10
- Nursing care
- No, personal care only
- Registered since
- 7 January 2011
- Local council area
- Essex
Who runs it
- Provider
- Hamelin Trust
- Kind of provider
- Company or organisation