Braintree has 7 mental health care homes registered with the Care Quality Commission, 2 of them with nursing. Of the homes on this page, the CQC rates 4 Good and 2 Requires improvement. 1 home is not rated yet. Essex council paid on average £1,085 a week for a residential care place and £1,134 for a nursing place for people aged 65 and over in 2024-2025 (GOV.UK adult social care finance report).
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Braintree Nursing Home provides nursing care around the clock for adults over and under 65, including people living with dementia, mental health conditions, physical disabilities and sensory impairment. The home is registered for a broad range of nursing and personal-care needs, including younger adults.
Its care team supports a small group of residents, enabling flexibility and daily choices around individual care.
Run by Althea Healthcare Properties Limited
Station Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2LTInspected more than 4 years ago
Colne House provides residential and dementia care in a converted Georgian mansion set in large gardens near Colchester. The home offers spacious bedrooms and living areas, alongside activities, trips out and visiting entertainers.
Care programmes are shaped around residents’ likes, dislikes, hobbies and life stories. External professionals visit regularly, while staff are on duty around the clock and bedrooms have nurse call bells.
Residential care home for 6 residents in Braintree, run by Innova Care Limited. Supports older people, learning disabilities, mental health, physical disabilities, sensory impairment and younger adults.
Inspected more than 4 years ago
A seven-resident home in Braintree, Meadows provides residential care with en-suite rooms for people with learning disabilities, mental health needs, physical disabilities and sensory impairment. The care home sits within a wider Essex organisation offering support across several settings.
The organisation also provides supported living and domiciliary care, while its published conditions include autism, epilepsy and brain injury.
Inspected more than 4 years ago
Residential care home for 27 residents in Witham, run by Boars Tye Residential Home Ltd. Supports dementia, older people, mental health, physical disabilities and sensory impairment.
Run by Dovecote Care Homes Limited
247 London Road, Black Notley, Braintree, CM77 8QQLongmead Court Nursing Home provides residential dementia care, nursing dementia care, respite care and palliative care in Braintree. Its service is suited to older people and younger adults whose needs include dementia, nursing support or a temporary break from home caring.
Families can use the home’s video messaging facility to send a message to a loved one from a phone, laptop or tablet.
Inspected more than 4 years ago
Residential care home for 7 residents in Witham, run by AGL Care Ltd. Supports older people, learning disabilities, mental health, physical disabilities, sensory impairment and younger adults.
Staff training and access to appropriate clinical or community support.
Personalised recovery, crisis and risk-management planning.
Support for medication, daily living and meaningful community activity.
Residential mental health support varies widely in intensity and approach. Confirm that the home’s staff, environment and external clinical relationships match the person’s diagnosis, risks and recovery goals.
7 mental health care homes in Braintree are on the CQC register (data of 2 November 2026).
Essex council paid on average £1,085 a week for residential care and £1,134 for nursing care for people aged 65 and over in 2024-2025. For adults aged 18 to 64 it paid £2,407 and £1,524. Across England the averages were £982 and £1,102 for people aged 65 and over. People who pay for their own care are often charged more, so ask each home for its weekly fee.
Ordered by the MyCareCheck score: the average of the five CQC key-question ratings (safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led) on a 0 to 10 scale, where Outstanding is 10, Good 8, Requires improvement 5 and Inadequate 2. Homes the CQC has not rated yet come last. No home is left out because of its rating.
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