Friary Meadow
Home care agency in Fareham, Hampshire
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About
Friary Meadow is a home care agency based in Fareham, Hampshire, providing care and support in people's own homes. It supports older people aged 65 and over, younger adults under 65, and people with dementia or physical disabilities, with dementia as its particular focus. The agency says its carers are fully qualified, and extra help such as shopping or laundry can be arranged as needed.
The Care Quality Commission rates Friary Meadow overall as Requires Improvement, based on a report published in 2022. It is rated Good for being effective, caring and responsive, and Requires Improvement for being safe and well-led.
What inspectors found
CQC: Requires improvementReport published 24 May 2022 · Last inspected 13 April 2022
Inspectors found that people using this extra care service received kind, caring support from staff who knew them well and worked to promote their independence and wellbeing. People's care plans held personalised information about how they wanted their care delivered, and people were supported to make their own choices. Inspectors also found that leadership systems were not working well enough to keep care safe and to drive improvement.
- Staff were described as kind and caring, showed affection for people, and worked hard to support their independence and sense of wellbeing.
- Care plans contained personalised information setting out how people wanted their care to be given.
- People were supported to make choices and keep control of their lives, with staff acting in the least restrictive way and in people's best interests.
- Staff had been trained to recognise abuse and were confident raising concerns, and recruitment checks were thorough.
- Quality assurance and management oversight were lacking, and the service had no effective systems to identify where it needed to improve or to make those improvements.
- Medicines were not managed safely: medicine audits were not carried out, and medicine care plans lacked some of the information staff need.
- Governance and record keeping were poor, which inspectors said put people at risk.
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
Facilities
What's nearby
Straight-line distances.
What’s in the area
Outdoor Spaces
- AllotmentsAmple
- Play SpaceAdequate
- Golf CourseSparse
- Public ParkAdequate
- Tennis CourtAdequate
- Bowling GreenSparse
- Playing FieldSparse
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsSparse
- Restaurants & CafesSparse
- Retail ShoppingLimited
- SupermarketsLimited
- TakeawaysLimited
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Local health safety net
Friary Meadow is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Queen Alexandra Hospital, 7.5 miles away. The local GP practice is PHL SAS SERVICE, 1.2 miles away.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
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