DAC Essex
Unit 4, Whitbreads Business Centre, Whitbreads Farm Lane, Little Waltham, Chelmsford, CM3 3FE
East · Essex · domiciliary
Inadequate
Key question ratings
- Safe
- Inadequate
- Caring
- Requires improvement
- Well-led
- Inadequate
- Effective
- Requires improvement
- Responsive
- Requires improvement
Inspection history
| Published | Overall | Change | Transition | AI summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-30 | Inadequate | new | Unrated→Inadequate | DAC Essex received an overall Inadequate rating because of serious breaches across multiple areas of care delivery. The service failed to keep people safe with missed and late calls, unsafe recruitment practices, and poor medicines management. Leadership was ineffective with inadequate governance, no quality assurance processes, and a failure to respond to or learn from complaints and incidents. |
| 2019-01-16 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — |