Yewtree Avenue
Home care agency in Dagenham, Barking and Dagenham
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About
Yewtree Avenue is a home care agency that provides personal care and specialist support in people's own homes, helping them to live safely and independently within their communities. Its office is in Dagenham, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The agency focuses on dementia care and supports a range of people, including older adults, younger adults under 65, people with physical disabilities, mental health needs, sensory impairments, learning disabilities and substance misuse.
The agency is regulated by the Care Quality Commission, which rated it Requires Improvement overall in its 2023 report. Its Effective, Caring and Responsive areas were rated Good, while Safe and Well-led were rated Requires Improvement.
What inspectors found
CQC: Requires improvementReport published 27 March 2023 · Last inspected 15 December 2022
Inspectors found that improvements had been made since the last visit, particularly to how medicines are managed and how risk assessments are written, which are now handled safely and with person-centred detail. Safeguarding systems, lessons learned from incidents, infection control and recruitment were all found to be robust. Views on staffing, culture and how the service engages with people and relatives were mixed, though staff spoke positively about the management.
- Medicines management has improved since the last inspection and is now handled safely
- Risk assessments are now completed correctly and include appropriate person-centred information
- Safeguarding arrangements are in place, incidents are used to learn lessons, and infection control and recruitment practice are robust
- Staff were positive about the management of the service
- Call planning needs improvement, and people had mixed views about staffing
- People and relatives had mixed views on how the service engages with them and feels it could improve in this area
- A continued breach of regulation relating to good governance was identified
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 CourseLimited
- Public ParkAmple
- Tennis CourtAmple
- Bowling GreenAdequate
- Playing FieldAmple
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsSparse
- Restaurants & CafesAdequate
- Retail ShoppingSparse
- SupermarketsAdequate
- TakeawaysAmple
What home care costs
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Local health safety net
Yewtree Avenue is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Queen's Hospital, 1.6 miles away. The local GP practice is DR DP SHAH'S PRACTICE, 0.5 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
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