Midshires Care Ltd
Helping Hands Southport
Home care agency in Southport, Sefton
Operated by Midshires Care
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- Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
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About
Helping Hands Southport is a home care agency based in Southport, Sefton, Merseyside, and is operated by Midshires Care Ltd. It delivers care and support in people's own homes, with a particular focus on dementia. The people it supports include older adults, younger adults under 65, people with physical disabilities and people with sensory impairment.
According to the agency, its care is tailored to each person's needs and daily life, and it supports people with long-term, progressive or end-of-life conditions, whether these result from ageing, accident or injury. The agency aims to help people keep living well in the community they know. The Care Quality Commission rates it Good overall, with Good ratings for safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led care (report published 2022).
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 23 August 2022 · Last inspected 30 June 2022
Inspectors found that Helping Hands Southport, a domiciliary care agency supporting 37 people in their own homes, delivers reliable, person-centred care. People said medications and calls arrived on time, and they felt safe with the service. Staff were trained, supervised and appraised, care plans reflected individual needs, and people were involved in choosing their routines and staff.
- Medications and care calls were reported to be delivered on time
- Care plans and risk assessments were detailed and tailored to each person
- Staff were described as kind, compassionate and respectful of people's dignity
- Relatives reported good communication and support with healthcare appointments
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
- AllotmentsSparse
- Play SpaceSparse
- Golf CourseSparse
- Public ParkAmple
- Tennis CourtAdequate
- Bowling GreenPlentiful
- Playing FieldAdequate
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsPlentiful
- Restaurants & CafesPlentiful
- Retail ShoppingPlentiful
- SupermarketsAmple
- TakeawaysPlentiful
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Local health safety net
Helping Hands Southport is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Southport and Formby District General Hospital, 1.2 miles away. The local GP practice is ST MARKS MEDICAL CENTRE (TCG MEDICAL), 0.4 miles away.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
Part of Midshires Care
Helping Hands Southport 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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About this data
- Care Quality Commission register: rating, inspection dates and registration, matched by location id and refreshed nightly
- Family reviews: written by families, email-confirmed and read by AskBart staff before publishing
- Area figures: Southport: Police.uk, the Environment Agency, NHS and ONS data for the town, not the street
Last checked 25 September 2026. How every figure is made. Nothing a home pays for changes what is shown.
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