Homecare1st Hampshire
Home care agency in Southampton, Hampshire
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About
Homecare1st Hampshire is a home care agency that provides care and support in people's own homes. According to its website, it delivers home care across Yorkshire and Hampshire, and its office is in Southampton. The agency's listed care focus is dementia. It supports people across a range of needs, including older people (65+), younger adults, people with physical disabilities, mental health needs, sensory impairment, learning disabilities and eating disorders.
The Care Quality Commission rates Homecare1st Hampshire as Requires Improvement overall, in a report published in 2022. Its effective, caring and responsive key questions are rated Good, while its safe and well-led key questions are rated Requires Improvement.
What inspectors found
CQC: Requires improvementReport published 3 November 2022 · Last inspected 7 September 2022
Inspectors found that people and their relatives felt well supported by staff, and that people felt safe with the care workers who visit them. Staff understood how to raise concerns and report possible abuse, and infection control practice, including the use of protective equipment, was followed. Some improvements were still needed around the timing of visits.
- People and relatives said staff supported them well.
- People felt safe with the staff who provided their support and care.
- Staff knew their responsibilities for raising concerns, reporting incidents and identifying possible abuse.
- Risks to people were assessed and managed effectively, and visits were scheduled through an online system overseen by the registered manager.
- Medicines were not always handled, recorded or managed safely.
- Staff recruitment records did not always contain the required information, and staff did not always complete mandatory training before providing care.
- The provider's systems did not ensure the service met the fundamental standards, and some notifiable incidents were not reported to the regulator in a timely way.
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
- AllotmentsAmple
- Play SpaceAmple
- Golf CourseSparse
- Public ParkPlentiful
- Tennis CourtAmple
- Bowling GreenAdequate
- Playing FieldPlentiful
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsSparse
- Restaurants & CafesAdequate
- Retail ShoppingSparse
- SupermarketsSparse
- TakeawaysAmple
What home care costs
Estimated typical UK ranges — Homecare1st Hampshire 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
Homecare1st Hampshire is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Southampton General Hospital, 3.3 miles away. The local GP practice is STONEHAM LANE SURGERY, 0.8 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
Part of Homecare1st
Homecare1st Hampshire is one of 2 services run by Homecare1st on AskBart. See how the group's services are rated and where it operates.
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