Drury Healthcare Limited
Home care agency in Colchester, Essex
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About
Drury Healthcare Limited is a home care agency based in Colchester, Essex, providing care and support in people's own homes. It supports adults with dementia, older people, younger adults, and people with physical disabilities, sensory impairments or learning disabilities. The agency describes itself as an enabling provider, aiming to preserve each person's independence rather than doing everything for them, and it tailors its support to individual needs.
Care can be arranged around the clock, and a 24/7 on-call system responds to queries as they arise. The agency involves service users and their families in its work and recruits staff carefully, with a focus on training and development. The Care Quality Commission rated it Good overall in its 2023 report, with Good ratings for safe, effective, caring and responsive, and Requires Improvement for well-led.
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 11 September 2023 · Last inspected 15 August 2023
Inspectors found that people receive safe care from staff who are familiar with their needs, and that staff are recruited safely, trained and supervised. People and their relatives spoke positively about the leadership of the service, and staff were described as committed to their work. Some staff, however, felt less supported by the registered manager and office staff, particularly over communication and how their concerns were handled.
- Systems are in place to monitor and improve the quality of the service, and people and their relatives spoke positively about its leadership.
- People's risks were identified, reviewed and updated where needed, and inspectors found safeguarding knowledge among the registered manager and staff.
- Staff were recruited safely with pre-employment checks, the service had enough staff, and staff received induction, training, supervision and competency checks.
- People were supported with their medicines by trained staff, were given choice and control over their lives, and benefited from effective infection control and appropriate protective equipment.
- Some staff felt the registered manager and office staff did not always provide enough support, communicate well, or respond adequately to concerns they raised.
- Inspectors recommended that the provider seek support and guidance on risk assessments for catheter care and anticoagulant medicines.
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Care provided
Specialist care
What's nearby
Straight-line distances.
What’s in the area
Outdoor Spaces
- AllotmentsLimited
- Play SpaceLimited
- Golf CourseLimited
- Public ParkLimited
- Tennis CourtLimited
- Bowling GreenLimited
- Playing FieldLimited
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsLimited
- Restaurants & CafesLimited
- Retail ShoppingLimited
- SupermarketsLimited
- TakeawaysLimited
What home care costs
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Local health safety net
Drury Healthcare Limited is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Colchester Hospital, 5.2 miles away. The local GP practice is WIVENHOE SURGERY, 2.4 miles away.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
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