BlowingPoint Care

Home care agency in Waltham Abbey, Essex

CQC GoodDementia
Address110 Brooker Road, The Pixel Business Centre, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1JH

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About

BlowingPoint Care is a home care agency based in Waltham Abbey, Epping Forest, Essex, providing care and support in people's own homes. It supports older people, younger adults under 65, and people living with dementia or physical disabilities, with dementia care as its stated focus. Services listed include personal care, continuing care, companionship, a sitting service and night support, both waking night and sleep-in. The agency also helps clients with travel to appointments. It is rated Good by the Care Quality Commission overall, with Good ratings across the Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led key questions.

What inspectors found

CQC: Good

Report published 21 March 2019 · Last inspected 4 March 2019

Inspectors found that this home care agency, which had only begun delivering care in early 2019, received positive feedback from the people it supports. Staff were described as caring, kind and familiar with people's needs, and people said staff arrived on time. The agency had also recently started working with the local authority to provide reablement support.

Strengths noted
  • People gave positive feedback, describing staff as caring and kind and saying they knew them well.
  • Safeguarding systems were in place, and risk assessments gave staff guidance on supporting people safely.
  • Support was provided to help people eat a balanced diet in line with their assessed needs.
  • New staff completed mandatory training during their induction period.
Areas to improve
  • Recruitment processes needed improvement.
  • Consent forms were signed by some people but not others, so care plan records needed to be made consistent.
  • The induction process needed development, including plans to introduce the Care Certificate.

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
Older people (65+)
Physical disabilities
Younger adults (under 65)

Food hygiene rating

Very good

Food Standards Agency · inspected February 2026

What's nearby

GP surgery500 m
Hospital5.6 miles

Straight-line distances.

What’s in the area

Outdoor Spaces

  • AllotmentsAmple
  • Play SpaceAdequate
  • Golf CourseLimited
  • Public ParkAmple
  • Tennis CourtAmple
  • Bowling GreenSparse
  • Playing FieldPlentiful

Local Amenities

  • Pubs & BarsSparse
  • Restaurants & CafesSparse
  • Retail ShoppingSparse
  • SupermarketsAdequate
  • TakeawaysSparse

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

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Local health safety net

BlowingPoint Care is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is North Middlesex Hospital, 5.6 miles away. The local GP practice is MARKET SQUARE SURGERY, 0.3 miles away.

Nearest hospital · A&E
North Middlesex Hospital · 5.6 mi
Nearest GP
MARKET SQUARE SURGERY · 0.3 mi

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

Information last reviewed October 2026.

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