Home care agency

Helping Hands Homecare Services

Home care agency in Leicester, Leicestershire

Helping Hands Homecare Services

Home care agency in Leicester, Leicestershire

Operated by HH Care

CQC GoodDementia
NeighbourhoodCultural HubWell Served
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  • Cultural Hub — An excellent range of libraries, museums, galleries, theatres and community venues within easy reach (OpenStreetMap).
  • Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
Address8 Cross Street, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 4DD

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About

Helping Hands Homecare Services is a home care agency based in Leicester, East Midlands. It delivers care and support in people's own homes, with a particular focus on dementia. The agency supports older people aged 65 and over, younger adults under 65, and people with physical disabilities, mental health needs or sensory impairment.

The agency was rated Good by the Care Quality Commission in 2019, with an Outstanding rating for Caring. It also received Good ratings for Safety, Effectiveness, Responsiveness and Leadership.

What inspectors found

CQC: Good

Report published 24 December 2019 · Last inspected 5 November 2019

Inspectors describe Helping Hands, a live-in domiciliary care service supporting three people in their own homes, as offering close, warm relationships between staff and the people they support. Staff are described as motivated and respectful, with people fully involved in decisions about their care, including those receiving palliative and end of life support. The report finds safe recruitment, medicines management, infection control, training and governance in place, and rates the service Good, unchanged from its previous inspection.

Strengths noted
  • Staff are described as kind, compassionate and respectful, and often go beyond what is expected
  • People are involved in decisions about their care and helped to express their views through a range of communication tools
  • Palliative and end of life care is described as high quality, with support offered to families, including after bereavement
  • Regular live-in staff who know people well, supporting continuity of care

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
Mental health
Older people (65+)
Physical disabilities
Sensory impairment
Younger adults (under 65)

What's nearby

GP surgery500 m
Hospital2.7 miles

Straight-line distances.

What’s in the area

Outdoor Spaces

  • AllotmentsSparse
  • Play SpaceAdequate
  • Golf CourseAmple
  • Public ParkAmple
  • Tennis CourtPlentiful
  • Bowling GreenAdequate
  • Playing FieldPlentiful

Local Amenities

  • Pubs & BarsAdequate
  • Restaurants & CafesAdequate
  • Retail ShoppingSparse
  • SupermarketsAmple
  • TakeawaysAmple

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

Estimated typical UK ranges — Helping Hands Homecare Services 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

Helping Hands Homecare Services is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Leicester Royal Infirmary, 2.7 miles away. The local GP practice is THE CENTRAL SURGERY, 0.3 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.

Nearest hospital · A&E
Leicester Royal Infirmary · 2.7 mi
Nearest GP · CQC Good
THE CENTRAL SURGERY · 0.3 mi

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

Part of HH Care

Helping Hands Homecare Services is one of 3 services run by HH Care on AskBart. See how the group's services are rated and where it operates.

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Information last reviewed October 2026.

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