Unique Care UK
Home care agency in Hackney
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About
Unique Care UK is a home care agency that provides care and support in people's own homes, with its office in Hackney, London. Its care focus is dementia, and it also supports older people, younger adults, people with physical disabilities, mental health needs, sensory impairment, learning disabilities and eating disorders. Services include live-in care for people who need help day and night, and a supported living service for people of any age with physical or mental health needs.
The agency holds ISO 9001 and ISO 45001 certificates for quality management and safety. It is rated Good overall by the Care Quality Commission, with Good ratings for safe, effective, caring and responsive, and Requires Improvement for well-led (report published 2021).
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 25 February 2021 · Last inspected 18 January 2021
Inspectors returned to this domiciliary care agency in Barking & Dagenham, which supports 22 people with personal care in their own homes, after a focused review of safe and well-led. They found that earlier gaps had been addressed: risk assessments were in place, pre-employment checks such as references were sought, and rota and time-keeping systems were set up to reduce missed and late calls. Quality assurance systems were also found to identify problems and prompt action.
- Risk assessments are now completed to help keep people safe from avoidable harm
- Pre-employment checks, including references, are carried out before staff support people
- Rotas are sent to staff in advance and time-keeping is monitored to reduce missed and late calls
- Quality assurance systems identify shortfalls and lead to prompt action
- Record keeping needs to improve, with gaps found in some people's medicines records and staff files
- Inspectors made a recommendation about record keeping
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
- AllotmentsPlentiful
- Play SpacePlentiful
- Golf CourseLimited
- Public ParkPlentiful
- Tennis CourtPlentiful
- Bowling GreenSparse
- Playing FieldPlentiful
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsPlentiful
- Restaurants & CafesPlentiful
- Retail ShoppingPlentiful
- SupermarketsPlentiful
- TakeawaysPlentiful
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Local health safety net
Unique Care UK is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Homerton University Hospital, 0.5 miles away. The local GP practice is LATIMER HEALTH CENTRE, 0.3 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
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