Which nursing homes in Chigwell are listed on this page?

Three nursing homes in Chigwell appear here, all registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide nursing care. They are Lakefields Neurological Centre, Lambwood Heights Care home and Sherrell House Care Home. Two currently hold a rating of Good and one has not yet been rated. Each profile links through to the published inspection report where one exists.

What should I ask when visiting a nursing home in Chigwell?

Ask how many qualified nurses are on duty by day and overnight, and how the home covers sickness at short notice. Find out how care plans are written and reviewed, and how quickly relatives are told about a fall or a change in health. Ask about meals, activities, visiting arrangements and access to outside space, because those shape ordinary daily life. It is entirely fair to ask what the most recent inspection found and what has changed since.

What is the difference between a care home and a nursing home?

A residential care home supports people with everyday living such as washing, dressing, meals, medication prompts and company, but has no nurses among its staff. A nursing home is registered to keep qualified nurses on duty and can therefore meet clinical needs that a residential home cannot lawfully take on. That includes wound care, tube feeding, complex medication and support at the end of life. The care needs assessment should state plainly which registration is required.

Can Essex County Council pay for a nursing home place in Chigwell?

It can, once a needs assessment establishes that nursing care is required and a financial assessment has been completed. The council compares income and capital with national limits to work out what it contributes and what the person pays. Anyone with capital above the upper limit will usually meet the full fee, though they keep the right to an assessment and to advice on arranging care. The NHS also pays a contribution towards the nursing element of a nursing home placement, separate from council funding.

How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Chigwell?

Get in touch with Essex County Council adult social care and ask for an assessment of care and support needs. The request is free and open to anyone who appears to need support, whatever their income or savings. A practitioner will talk through daily routines, health, mobility, memory and the help relatives already give, then record what support is needed. Ask for a carer's assessment at the same time if a family member is carrying much of the caring.

How far in advance should we start looking?

Begin as soon as nursing care looks likely rather than waiting for a crisis to settle it, since well regarded homes often hold waiting lists. Allowing a few weeks means you can visit more than once, read the inspection reports properly and compare fee schedules side by side. If a hospital discharge is being planned, tell the ward team early so the assessment runs alongside it. Families who start in good time tend to feel far more settled about the choice they make.

Nursing Homes in Chigwell

Chigwell has 4 CQC registered nursing homes. 2 are rated Good, and 2 have not yet been rated. 2 of the 4 were last inspected more than three years ago.

Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.

Chigwell at a glance

What the local numbers say about care for older people in Chigwell, to help you judge the options below.

Essex County Council pays, residential care: £849 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,384 to £1,672, median £1,520
Care home beds filled across Essex: 88%. The 12 month average is 87%.
Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 78. Essex average is 67.
People aged 75 and over: 14,700. Rising to 16,600 by 2035, up 13%
Care homes, last 12 months: 0 opened, 0 closed. 2 changed owner, covering 74 beds.
Who pays, across Essex (estimate): 36% council, 38% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,900. Rising to 2,400 by 2035, up 22%
People aged 85 and over: 4,100. Rising to 5,900 by 2035, up 43%

Planned and recent building work within 5 miles

244, Lambwood Heights, Lambourne Road, Chigwell. Application for a 75 bed care home through a change of use. Submitted 19 December 2025. Approved with conditions 20 April 2026. (0.1 miles away)
1A Hulse Avenue Romford. Application for a 15 bed care home. Submitted 13 January 2026. Approved with conditions 17 August 2026. (2.9 miles away)

Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.

What nursing care in Chigwell involves

The move to a nursing home is usually driven by health rather than by housing. Understanding what that registration allows, and what it does not, is the most useful place to begin with the three homes listed here.

What qualified nursing on site means

A nursing home keeps registered nurses on the rota, so clinical tasks such as wound care, catheter management, diabetes support, complex medication and care at the end of life can be handled without arranging another move later. Lambwood Heights Care home and Sherrell House Care Home both appear under that registration, alongside Lakefields Neurological Centre. Ask each home how nursing cover is maintained overnight and across weekends, since that is where thin staffing tends to show.

Reading the ratings on this page

Two of the three homes hold a rating of Good and one has not yet been rated. An absent rating is not a warning in itself, because a service may not yet have reached its first inspection, but it does leave less published evidence to work from. Where that applies, ask the manager directly about staffing levels, recent complaints and how the service measures its own quality.

What to look for when you visit

Go at a busy hour rather than a quiet one, ideally around a meal. Notice whether staff address residents by name, how quickly call bells are answered and whether people are up, dressed and occupied rather than left in front of a television. Ask how long the manager has been in post and how much of the nursing team has been there beyond a year, because a settled staff group is among the better signs of steady care.

Getting an assessment and arranging the funding

Who pays and which home suits are separate questions, and settling the first makes the second considerably easier.

Requesting a care needs assessment

Anyone who appears to need care and support can ask for an assessment, whatever their means, and no charge is made for it. A practitioner considers daily living, mobility, medication, continence, memory and the strain carried by relatives, then records in writing what support would meet those needs safely. Contact Essex County Council Adult Social Care to set this in motion, and mention any hospital discharge being planned so the timing can be matched.

How the fees are shared

A financial assessment sets income and capital against the national thresholds to determine the council's share and the person's own contribution. Capital above the upper limit normally means meeting the full fee, though the right to an assessment and to advice remains. In a nursing home the NHS pays a separate contribution towards the nursing element of the care, whoever is meeting the remainder.

Costs to confirm in writing

Ask every home for a written fee schedule showing what the weekly charge covers, how often fees are reviewed and which extras are billed on top. Establish what a third party contribution would be if a home charges more than the council will pay.

4 nursing homes in Chigwell

Lambwood Heights Care home · Chigwell, Essex · CQC Good
Lambwood Heights Care Home · Chigwell, Essex
Lakefields Neurological Centre · Chigwell, Essex
Sherrell House Care Home · Chigwell, Essex · CQC Good

What care costs in Essex, per week

Type of care	What the council pays	What self-funders are typically asked
Residential care Middle half of prices from 11 Essex homes. Median £1,520.	£849	£1,384 to £1,672
Nursing care East of England figure, because too few Essex homes publish this price. 17 homes. Median £1,935.	£1,103	£1,800 to £2,126
Residential dementia care East of England figure, because too few Essex homes publish this price. 33 homes. Median £1,785.	Not published separately	£1,602 to £1,877
Nursing dementia care East of England figure, because too few Essex homes publish this price. 10 homes. Median £1,940.	Not published separately	£1,870 to £2,100

Published prices are often starting prices, and come from homes that publish fees, so treat them as a guide. Ask the home for its own price. Powered by Orrery Intelligence.

Inspected most recently

Lambwood Heights Care home, 13 August 2021, Good
Sherrell House Care Home, 4 October 2017, Good

Longest since a report

Sherrell House Care Home, 4 October 2017, Good
Lambwood Heights Care home, 13 August 2021, Good

Frequently asked questions about nursing homes in Chigwell

How many nursing homes are there in Chigwell?

Chigwell has 4 CQC registered nursing homes: 2 Good, 2 not yet rated. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.

How much does a nursing home cost in Chigwell?

Essex County Council pays an average of £849 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,384 to £1,672 a week. Middle half of prices from 11 Essex homes. Median £1,520. Published prices are often starting prices, and come from homes that publish fees, so treat them as a guide. Ask the home for its own price.

Which nursing homes in Chigwell were inspected most recently?

Lambwood Heights Care home (13 August 2021) and Sherrell House Care Home (4 October 2017) have the most recent CQC reports.

Local care news in Essex

New 55 bed care home registered with CQC in Basildon: Oaklands (Essex) (5 November 2026)
Highfield Care Home registered as a 60 bed care home in Uttlesford (5 November 2026)

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