Which home care services in Hereford are rated Outstanding?

One service is rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission: First Key Hereford.

Is an Outstanding rating from the CQC enough to go on?

It is a sound starting point, but look underneath it. The CQC rates five key questions (safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led) and the overall rating can be Outstanding with one of them lower. That applies to the service on this page. Read the part of the report that matters most to you, and check how old it is.

What does it mean if a home care service in Hereford has no rating?

17 home care services in Hereford have not been rated by the Care Quality Commission. A new service waits for its first inspection, so an absent rating is not a mark against it. Ask the service when it registered and whether an inspection is due.

Outstanding home care in Hereford

One home care service in Hereford is rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission. That is 1 of the 14 with a published rating, too few for a fair comparison with the national figure. It is First Key Hereford. It has at least one of the five key questions rated lower than the overall rating, which the headline hides. The rating was published in August 2022. 17 home care services in Hereford have no rating yet, usually because they have not been inspected since registering. That is not a low rating.

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First Key Hereford

Hereford, Herefordshire, County of

OutstandingCQC, Aug 2022one area rated lower

Caring for adults under 65 yrs
Learning disabilities
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
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Hourly rate: not published
Pays carers for travel: not published
Shortest visit: not published

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Outstanding home care in Hereford: questions people ask

Which home care services in Hereford are rated Outstanding?: One service is rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission: First Key Hereford.
Is an Outstanding rating from the CQC enough to go on?: It is a sound starting point, but look underneath it. The CQC rates five key questions (safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led) and the overall rating can be Outstanding with one of them lower. That applies to the service on this page. Read the part of the report that matters most to you, and check how old it is.
What does it mean if a home care service in Hereford has no rating?: 17 home care services in Hereford have not been rated by the Care Quality Commission. A new service waits for its first inspection, so an absent rating is not a mark against it. Ask the service when it registered and whether an inspection is due.

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