Southend-on-Sea has the longest pleasure pier in the world – well over a mile into the Thames Estuary – and became a city in 2022. It also has more care homes than any other town Docorix covers.
How Southend-on-Sea compares
- 3rdAll rated services 88% Good or Outstanding
- 1stCare homes 92% Good or Outstanding
- 3rdHome care 85% Good or Outstanding
- 4thGP surgeries 91% Good or Outstanding
Ranked against the 5 towns Docorix currently covers, using each service’s current CQC rating.
Did you know?
- Southend has more care homes than any other town Docorix covers – and the highest share rated Good or Outstanding.
- Six Southend services hold an Outstanding CQC rating, from a luxury nursing home to an NHS GP practice.
- Around six in ten Southend care homes support people living with dementia, and more than a third support people with mental health conditions.
Southend-on-Sea’s health and care, service by service
Care homes
Southend’s biggest strength: over 80 homes, most small to medium sized, and more than nine in ten rated homes are Good or Outstanding. Strong specialist provision for dementia, mental health and learning disabilities.
Home care agencies
A wide choice of around 70 agencies, most rated Good, with two Outstanding.
GP surgeries
Most rated NHS practices are Good, and Highlands Surgery is Outstanding.
Dentists
Around half of practices publish a website; as everywhere, the CQC inspects dentists but does not rate them.
Profile written with AI assistance from Care Quality Commission register data, September 2026. Contains CQC data © Care Quality Commission.
