Cedars Place

Sudbury Road, Halstead CO9 2BB
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9.8 85 Reviews
  • Cedars Place, Halstead
Cedars Place is a high-quality nursing and residential care home located in 2 acres of beautifully landscaped gardens with historic cedar trees. The home provides long-term, respite and convalescence care for up to 63 residents.

Cedars Place offers a choice of high-quality, newly refurbished, bedroom suites, all of which include en-suite bathrooms and nurse call buzzers, as well as a TV and telephone point. Larger communal bathrooms are all accessible with a hoist and bath chair, and there are lifts providing access to all floors.

Two generous dining rooms both offer a tempting and varied menu of home-cooked food, freshly prepared from local produce where possible. Individual tastes are taken into consideration and all special diets can be catered for. Entertainment and activities are organised on a daily basis and all residents are encouraged to participate. Visiting services include a hairdresser, chiropodist, optician and clergy.
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Care Provided by Cedars Place

Primary Care Categories

  • Older Person Care
  • Dementia
  • Physical Disability
  • Visual / Hearing Impairment

Length of Stay

  • Permanent Care
  • Respite Care

Care Types Provided

  • Residential Care
  • Nursing Care
  • Dementia Residential Care
  • Dementia Nursing Care
  • For a maximum of 63 Service Users

Dementia Care Types

  • Mild Dementia
  • Moderate Dementia
  • Advanced/Complex Dementia

Other Care Provided

  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Stroke
  • Palliative / End of Life Care
  • COPD/Pulmonary Disease
  • Convalescent Care
  • Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)

Facilities

  • Own Furniture if required
  • Close to Local shops
  • Near Public Transport
  • Lift
  • Stairlift
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Gardens
  • Bar/Café
  • Phone Point in own room
  • Television point in own room
  • Residents Internet Access

Funding & Fees What's included?

Weekly Charges per Person

  • Self-Funded Residential Care: £1100 – £1750
  • Self-Funded Nursing Care: £1100 – £1750
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care: £1100 – £1750
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Nursing Care: £1100 – £1750

These prices are only a guideline, please contact Cedars Place to find out the exact price for your requirements.

Contact Cedars Place to confirm what's included and get a personalised quote:

Funding Types Accepted

  • Self Funding (Private)
  • Local Authority with Top Up
  • Local Authority
  • NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)

Support you may be entitled to

If you chose a care home based in England, you may be eligible for NHS Funded Nursing Care (FNC), which helps cover the cost of nursing. This is worth £254.06 per week and is usually paid directly to the care home.

Contact Cedars Place to confirm what's included and get a personalised quote:

Good to Know

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Hazel Dockrell (Home Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Information

  • Mixed (no single-gender units)
  • Ages 65+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: No
  • Last Refurbishment: 2026
  • Number of floors: 1

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (63)
  • Couples/Companion Rooms (0)
  • Single Rooms with Ensuite Wet Room (6)

Visiting

  • The home is open to visitors

Parking

  • Free, onsite parking available

Cedars Place Reviews (85)

9.8

Cedars Place has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.797) out of 10, based on 30 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Cedars Place has 85 reviews.

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Review from Sue C (Friend of Resident) published on 17 May 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My friend and I visited our very special friend who is living at Cedars. We had been regular visitors to her previous care home. Since moving to Cedars we can hardly believe the difference in our friend. She looks years younger, her appearance is so much better, and she is so happy. Her communication
has improved. Well done and thanks to all the staff at Cedars for making our friend the happy person she is now.
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Review from Jean B (Daughter of Resident) published on 19 March 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
We became aware that The Cedars had been taken over by a new company last year, and that they had made great improvements to the standards of the home and to the level of care. We visited the home for an inspection and whilst we found it to be not as upmarket as some of those we visited/considered,
it seemed comfortable, spotlessly clean and not a trace of a nasty whiff! The residents seemed happy and very well cared for.


Our dear Dad was admitted to hospital just after Xmas. Because of his declining health, he was unable to return home and so became a resident at The Cedars until his sad death in February. As a family, we cannot fault the level of care he received during his brief stay at the home. The staff were so very kind and respectful to him and sadly when it became apparent that my father was dying, the kindness, care, compassion and dignity given to him was excellent. We wish to thank the management and staff for the kindness, respect, compassion and dignity that they gave to our Dad and to all of us.

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Review from Philip G (Son of Resident) published on 18 December 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Staff are so kind, helpful and understanding towards the resident's needs. Nothing is too much trouble and everyone is made to feel welcome. I would highly recommend this care home.
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Review from Sean S (Sister of Resident) published on 13 November 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I was a bit sceptical about the home being taken over however since the takeover the home looks more presentable and the staff are working more as a team than before. I can really see the changes and I hope they keep this up. Clearly, the new company know what they are doing. I must say the staff morale
is much better and they always have time to stop and have a chat and they are doing a fantastic job looking after my sister.
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Review from Bal S (Granddaughter of Resident) published on 13 November 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I had visited my grandma last week and she was looking more chirpy than ever. She was telling me about all the new activities she has been doing and how the staff are all happy. I had taken a look at her room and I can see the company have done some refurbishments to her room as I stated to them that
the light was not working and the carpet was slightly out of date. They had immediately taken action and I could see they were doing a refurbishment across the home which is always a good thing, not for myself but for all the residents.


I feel the home is going in the right direction now as we all know the home had a few problems with the old owners.

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Current Review Score: 9.8 (9.797)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.8 (9.797) out of 10 for Cedars Place is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.8 out of 5 from 30 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 30 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Care Home is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.797 for Cedars Place is calculated as follows: ( (278 Excellents x 5) + (62 Goods x 4) + (4 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 344 Ratings = 4.797
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Cedars Place is based on 30 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 20 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews, 0.05 Points for the next five Positive Reviews, and finally 0.025 Points for the next ten Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.050, 7th = 0.050, 8th = 0.050, 9th = 0.050, 10th = 0.050, 11th = 0.025, 12th = 0.025, 13th = 0.025, 14th = 0.025, 15th = 0.025, 16th = 0.025, 17th = 0.025, 18th = 0.025, 19th = 0.025, 20th = 0.025) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the registered maximum number of service users in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Care Home registered for a maximum of 50 service users has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 63 registered maximum number of service users is 12.6, which has been reached with 30 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Care Home does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

Regulatory Rating

Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating

Date: 17 Jul 2025

Overall Good

  • Caring Good
  • Effective Good
  • Responsive Good
  • Safe Good
  • Well-led Good
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Hazel

Hazel Dockrell

Job Title: Home Manager

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