Action 2 Care

Home care agency in Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire

CQC GoodDementia
AddressAmphenol Building, 46-50 Rutherford Drive, Wellingborough, NN8 6AX

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About

Action 2 Care is a home care agency based in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, providing care and support to people in their own homes. The agency supports older people, younger adults and people with dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sensory impairment. Support is tailored to individual needs and may include help with personal care, managing medication, household tasks, cooking, money management and accessing activities and employment.

Action 2 Care was rated Good by the Care Quality Commission in 2023, achieving Good grades across all five key questions: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led.

What inspectors found

CQC: Good

Report published 22 March 2023 · Last inspected 22 February 2023

Inspectors found that people using this domiciliary and supported living service were supported to make their own choices and to pursue greater independence, including household tasks and community activities. Staff were described as understanding people's needs well, including how to support them when anxious or distressed. Relatives and people using the service were positive about the care and its effect on their confidence.

Strengths noted
  • People were supported to make decisions about their daily lives and to live with the least restrictive support possible.
  • Staff helped people build independence, for example with cleaning, shopping, cooking and food preparation.
  • Staff understood people's needs and responded well when people became anxious or distressed.
  • The registered manager had a clear vision, with audits, feedback from people using the service, and action plans in place.
Areas to improve
  • Electronic care records for medicine management needed improvement so that it was clear which medicines people had taken.

Written by AI from the report text and checked against it. Not an official CQC statement. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Read the full report on CQC.

Care provided

Dementia

Specialist care

Dementia
Learning disabilities
Mental health
Older people (65+)
Physical disabilities
Sensory impairment
Younger adults (under 65)

Facilities

Lounges

What's nearby

GP surgery0.8 miles
Hospital7.2 miles

Straight-line distances.

What’s in the area

Outdoor Spaces

  • AllotmentsAdequate
  • Play SpaceSparse
  • Golf CourseLimited
  • Public ParkAmple
  • Tennis CourtLimited
  • Bowling GreenLimited
  • Playing FieldLimited

Local Amenities

  • Pubs & BarsSparse
  • Restaurants & CafesLimited
  • Retail ShoppingLimited
  • SupermarketsSparse
  • TakeawaysSparse

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What home care costs

Hourly (visiting) care — typically £22–£30 per hour
Overnight (waking) care — typically £150–£220 per night
Live-in care — typically £1,100–£1,600 per week

Estimated typical UK ranges — Action 2 Care will give you a written quote after a free needs assessment. Check who pays with the funding calculator.

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Local health safety net

Action 2 Care is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Kettering General Hospital, 7.2 miles away. The local GP practice is QUEENSWAY MEDICAL CENTRE, 0.8 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.

Nearest hospital · A&E
Kettering General Hospital · 7.2 mi
Nearest GP · CQC Good
QUEENSWAY MEDICAL CENTRE · 0.8 mi

Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.

Information last reviewed October 2026.

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