Midshires Care Ltd
Helping Hands Oldham
Home care agency in Oldham
Operated by Midshires Care
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- 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 Oldham is a home care (domiciliary care) agency in Oldham, Greater Manchester, operated by Midshires Care Ltd. It delivers care and support in people's own homes, with dementia as its care focus. It offers a range of personalised care services for people with ongoing or progressive conditions, and for those with terminal conditions, arising from ageing, accident or injury. The agency aims to help people keep living well in the homes and communities they know.
The agency supports people with dementia, older people aged 65 and over, younger adults under 65, people with physical disabilities and people with sensory impairment. The Care Quality Commission rates it Good overall, with Good ratings for the Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led key questions, in a report published in 2022.
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 8 June 2022 · Last inspected 12 May 2022
Inspectors found that people using this domiciliary care service in Oldham, Rochdale and Middleton felt safe and reported that staff arrived on time and stayed the full visit. Assessments, care plans, induction and training were described as thorough, and people were supported to make their own choices. The report describes the registered manager as knowledgeable and the service's governance as regularly reviewed.
- People and their relatives described staff as kind and considerate, and said they were cared for well
- Staff were reported to arrive at scheduled times and stay for the agreed period, with enough staff to meet needs
- Care planning, risk assessment, medicines support and infection control were found to be sound
- Staff were said to protect people's dignity and privacy and to encourage independence
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 SpaceAmple
- Golf CourseAdequate
- Public ParkAmple
- Tennis CourtPlentiful
- Bowling GreenPlentiful
- Playing FieldPlentiful
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsAmple
- Restaurants & CafesAdequate
- Retail ShoppingAdequate
- SupermarketsPlentiful
- TakeawaysPlentiful
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Local health safety net
Helping Hands Oldham is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Royal Oldham Hospital, 2.7 miles away. The local GP practice is QUAYSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE, 0.7 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 Oldham 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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Information last reviewed October 2026.
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