Home care agency

Livingstone Health Care Limited

Home care agency in Barking, Barking and Dagenham

Livingstone Health Care Limited

Home care agency in Barking, Barking and Dagenham

Operated by Livingstone Health Care

CQC Requires improvementDementia
AddressJhumat House, 160 London Road, Barking, IG11 8BB

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About

Livingstone Health Care Limited is a home care agency based in Barking, Greater London, delivering care and support in people's own homes. The agency supports older people aged 65 and over, people with dementia, physical disabilities, mental health needs, sensory impairment and learning disabilities. It has a particular focus on dementia care.

The Care Quality Commission rated Livingstone Health Care Limited as Requires Improvement in its 2023 report. The agency was rated Good for Caring, but rated Requires Improvement for Safe, Effective, Responsive and Well-led.

What inspectors found

CQC: Requires improvement

Report published 28 November 2023 · Last inspected 25 September 2023

Inspectors found that Livingstone Healthcare, a domiciliary care agency in Barking & Dagenham supporting 13 people, requires improvement overall. Staff were described as caring, respected privacy and dignity, and had a good relationship with the people they supported. People were encouraged to be independent, and staff were trained, supervised regularly, and aware of how to safeguard people.

Strengths noted
  • Staff were caring and built good relationships with the people they supported
  • Staff respected people's privacy and dignity
  • People were encouraged to stay independent and complete tasks without support
  • Staff were trained, supervised regularly, and understood how to safeguard people from abuse
Areas to improve
  • Risk assessments and medicines management were not always safe enough
  • Systems were not robust enough to ensure staff attended calls on time
  • Care plans and pre-assessments did not always capture people's preferences, and audit arrangements did not reliably identify and address shortfalls

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
Learning disabilities
Mental health
Older people (65+)
Physical disabilities
Sensory impairment

What's nearby

GP surgery650 m
Hospital1.8 miles

Straight-line distances.

What’s in the area

Outdoor Spaces

  • AllotmentsAmple
  • Play SpacePlentiful
  • Golf CourseLimited
  • Public ParkPlentiful
  • Tennis CourtPlentiful
  • Bowling GreenAmple
  • Playing FieldPlentiful

Local Amenities

  • Pubs & BarsAdequate
  • Restaurants & CafesPlentiful
  • Retail ShoppingPlentiful
  • SupermarketsPlentiful
  • TakeawaysPlentiful

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 — Livingstone Health Care Limited 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

Livingstone Health Care Limited is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Newham Hospital, 1.8 miles away. The local GP practice is VICTORIA & FIVE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE, 0.4 miles away.

Nearest hospital · A&E
Newham Hospital · 1.8 mi
Nearest GP
VICTORIA & FIVE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE · 0.4 mi

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

Part of Livingstone Health Care

Livingstone Health Care Limited is one of 2 services run by Livingstone Health 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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