Ready Care Services Limited
Home care agency in Harlow, Essex
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About
Ready Care Services Limited is a home care agency based in Harlow, Essex, providing care and support to people in their own homes. The agency supports older people, younger adults and those with dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions, sensory impairment, learning disabilities and substance misuse needs. Services include hourly visiting care for help with daily activities, live-in care as an alternative to residential settings, nursing care for people with complex conditions, and respite care to support family carers.
Ready Care Services Limited was rated Good by the Care Quality Commission in 2019, with Good grades for safety, effectiveness, caring and responsiveness.
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 2 July 2019 · Last inspected 13 June 2019
Inspectors found that people using this home care agency felt safe and were generally satisfied with their support, and described staff as compassionate. Staff were reported to be well trained, supported and to work well together, and people were involved in planning their care and encouraged to stay independent. The report also identifies areas where planning, medicines guidance and oversight needed to be strengthened.
- People and relatives described staff as compassionate and said they felt safe using the service.
- People did not experience missed visits, and their medicines were given by trained staff.
- Care plans were person-centred, setting out how people wanted to be supported, and recruitment checks were completed before staff started.
- Staff received training, felt supported, and were supporting people to stay healthy, eat well, make their own choices and remain independent.
- Some people said that the timing of their care visits could be improved.
- Guidance for medicines taken only when needed was not yet set out in formal protocols for staff.
- Some care plans did not have associated risk management plans, for example for catheter care, and the systems used to monitor quality needed to be more robust.
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Care provided
Specialist care
Food hygiene rating
Very good
Food Standards Agency · inspected May 2025
What's nearby
Straight-line distances.
What’s in the area
Outdoor Spaces
- AllotmentsPlentiful
- Play SpaceSparse
- Golf CourseAdequate
- Public ParkAmple
- Tennis CourtAdequate
- Bowling GreenLimited
- Playing FieldAdequate
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsSparse
- Restaurants & CafesLimited
- Retail ShoppingLimited
- SupermarketsLimited
- TakeawaysLimited
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Local health safety net
Ready Care Services Limited is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Princess Alexandra Hospital, 1.2 miles away. The local GP practice is ADDISON HOUSE - HAQUE PRACTICE, 1.3 miles away.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
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