Midshires Care Ltd
Helping Hands Bolton
Home care agency in Bolton
Operated by Midshires Care
What do these badges mean?
- Green Surroundings — Excellent access to parks, playing fields and other green space nearby (OpenStreetMap).
- Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
- Peaceful Neighbourhood — Among the lowest for recorded anti-social behaviour and public disorder of comparable areas (police-recorded crime).
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About
Helping Hands Bolton is a home care agency based in Bolton, Greater Manchester, operated by Midshires Care Ltd. It delivers care and support in people's own homes, with a particular focus on dementia. Services are tailored to each person's needs and lifestyle. The agency supports people whose conditions are ongoing, progressive or terminal, whether these arise from ageing, accident or injury. Its stated goal is to help people continue living well in familiar surroundings and communities.
The agency supports people with dementia, older people aged 65 and over, adults under 65, people with physical disabilities and people with sensory impairment. The Care Quality Commission rated it Good overall in its 2022 report, with Good ratings for safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led.
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 3 October 2022 · Last inspected 15 August 2022
Inspectors describe Helping Hands Bolton as a domiciliary service giving personal care to adults in their own homes, with most people receiving live-in support. Staff are said to manage medicines safely, follow infection control guidance, and receive induction and ongoing training. Assessments and care plans are described as thorough, and people are reported to have choice and control over their support.
- Systems that safeguard people from abuse and reduce risks to their safety
- Safe management of medicines and good infection prevention and control practice
- Sufficient staffing levels and safe recruitment, with structured induction and continuing training
- Respectful treatment of people's privacy, dignity, equality and diversity, plus responsive handling of complaints
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
- AllotmentsPlentiful
- Play SpacePlentiful
- Golf CourseLimited
- Public ParkAmple
- Tennis CourtAdequate
- Bowling GreenPlentiful
- Playing FieldPlentiful
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsPlentiful
- Restaurants & CafesPlentiful
- Retail ShoppingPlentiful
- SupermarketsPlentiful
- TakeawaysPlentiful
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What home care costs
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Local health safety net
Helping Hands Bolton is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Royal Bolton Hospital, 2.4 miles away. The local GP practice is BURNSIDE SURGERY, 0.1 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
Part of Midshires Care
Helping Hands Bolton is one of 150 services run by Midshires Care on AskBart. See how the group's services are rated and where it operates.
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