Essential Care Solutions Ltd
Home care agency in Gloucester, Gloucestershire
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About
Essential Care Solutions Ltd is a home care agency based in Gloucester, providing care and support in people's own homes. It aims to protect clients' independence while its carers take on personal care tasks. The agency says its staff have relevant experience and specialist knowledge, and that it keeps client care plans private and confidential. It also places weight on clear communication between everyone involved in a person's care.
The agency has a focus on dementia and supports older people, younger adults, people with physical disabilities and people with sensory impairment. The Care Quality Commission rates it Requires Improvement overall, in a report published in 2023. Its key-question grades are Good for effective, caring and responsive, and Requires Improvement for safe and well-led.
What inspectors found
CQC: Requires improvementReport published 23 June 2023 · Last inspected 23 May 2023
Essential Care Solutions Ltd is a small agency providing personal care in people's own homes to older adults, younger adults and people with physical or sensory disabilities, supporting two people at the time of inspection. Inspectors found that staff received suitable induction, training and support, and that people's needs were assessed and reviewed regularly. Relatives, staff and professionals spoke positively about the registered manager, and people were described as being treated with kindness, dignity and respect.
- Staff who supported people with medicines had been trained and had their competence checked.
- Staff received a suitable induction followed by ongoing training and support, including those who had relocated from abroad.
- Relatives, staff and professionals gave positive feedback about the registered manager.
- Relatives reported that people were treated with dignity, respect and kindness, and people were supported with dignity at the end of life.
- Some health-associated risks had not been assessed, so staff did not have guidance on how to respond to them.
- Some areas of the quality monitoring systems needed improvement, and the report recommends reviewing the risk assessment process for new staff.
- There was no system for applying transdermal patches at the time of inspection, although the provider introduced one promptly afterwards.
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
Specialist care
What's nearby
Straight-line distances.
What’s in the area
Outdoor Spaces
- AllotmentsAdequate
- Play SpaceAmple
- Golf CourseLimited
- Public ParkPlentiful
- Tennis CourtPlentiful
- Bowling GreenAmple
- Playing FieldPlentiful
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsPlentiful
- Restaurants & CafesPlentiful
- Retail ShoppingPlentiful
- SupermarketsPlentiful
- TakeawaysPlentiful
What home care costs
Estimated typical UK ranges — Essential Care Solutions Ltd 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
Essential Care Solutions Ltd is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, 0.8 miles away. The local GP practice is THE HOMELESS HEALTHCARE TEAM, 0.2 miles away.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
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