Home Instead
Home Instead Swadlincote, Ashby and Melbourne
Home care agency in Swadlincote, Derbyshire
Operated by Home Instead
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- Green Surroundings — Excellent access to parks, playing fields and other green space nearby (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
Home Instead Swadlincote, Ashby and Melbourne is a home care agency that delivers care and support in people's own homes. Based in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, it operates under the Home Instead brand and names dementia as its care focus. It also supports older people, younger adults, people with physical disabilities, mental health needs, sensory impairments and learning disabilities. Its Care Professionals assist with care and support needs, and the agency offers live-in care to help older adults remain at home for longer.
The Care Quality Commission's most recent report on the agency, published in 2020, rates it Good overall. Its key questions are rated Good for Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led, and Requires Improvement for Safe.
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 9 March 2020 · Last inspected 29 January 2020
Inspectors found that people receiving this home-based care service in and around Swadlincote generally felt safe, respected and well supported. Staff were described as kind and familiar with people's preferences, and they received training and guidance from managers. Some areas of record-keeping and care planning needed strengthening.
- People said they felt safe with staff, and risks were identified so staff could act to protect them.
- Staff were trained to recognise and report possible abuse and to reduce the risk of infection.
- Each person had a consistent small group of staff, introduced before care began, who knew them well.
- Staff were described as kind and caring, and people's privacy, dignity and independence were respected in their homes.
- Care plans sometimes lacked full detail on the help each person required.
- Some medication logs were incomplete, so not all support given was recorded, and inspectors recommended changes to how medicines are managed.
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
- AllotmentsAdequate
- Play SpacePlentiful
- Golf CourseSparse
- Public ParkAmple
- Tennis CourtAdequate
- Bowling GreenPlentiful
- Playing FieldAmple
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsAmple
- Restaurants & CafesAdequate
- Retail ShoppingSparse
- SupermarketsAdequate
- TakeawaysAmple
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What home care costs
Estimated typical UK ranges — Home Instead Swadlincote, Ashby and Melbourne 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
Home Instead Swadlincote, Ashby and Melbourne is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Queen's Hospital Burton, 5.4 miles away. The local GP practice is HEARTWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE, 0.4 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
Part of Home Instead
Home Instead Swadlincote, Ashby and Melbourne is one of 220 services run by Home Instead 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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