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What the CQC found at Bethany Care Service

Outstandingpublished 17 September 2019, 7 years ago

Rated Outstanding: inspectors found the home performing exceptionally well.

The five questions inspectors ask

Safe?: Good; Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?: Good; Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?: Outstanding; Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?: Good; Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?: Outstanding; Is the home run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.

The report

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The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Bethany Care Service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Bethany Care Service

2 rated inspections over 3 years: the service has improved, from Good to Outstanding.

September 2019Outstandingcurrent ratingup from Good
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: OutstandingResponsive: GoodWell-led: Outstanding
October 2016Good
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: OutstandingResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
April 2021
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 19 April 2021.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0. A home can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections.

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26 live-in carers within about an hour of Hampshire

These are self-employed carers on PrimeCarers, the introductory agency that runs this directory. Each has a profile with their own rates and reviews from families, and you choose who to talk to.

Most charge £1,020 to £1,260 a week. 23 can care for a couple. 14 years' experience on average.

Kinga C.

1 review

From £1,295 a week, 10 years caring

Based about 22 minutes from Hampshire

Kimberly G.

1 review

From £1,190 a week, 10 years caring

Based about 29 minutes from Hampshire. Can care for a couple

Prisca S.

2 reviews

From £1,400 a week, 14 years caring

Based about 31 minutes from Hampshire. Can care for a couple

Vimbai P.

1 review

From £1,201 a week, 2 years caring

Based about 34 minutes from Hampshire. Can care for a couple

“I cannot recommend Prisca highly enough, she is one in a million.”

Emily B., about Prisca S.

“He stayed with her throughout the pandemic, refusing to visit his own family, who lived nearby, to reduce the risk of infection.”

Roderick N., about Jaison M.

See live-in carers near HampshireProfiles, rates and reviews are free to look at.

Every carer has had an enhanced DBS check in the last 18 months, ID and right-to-work checks and an online interview. Their skills and training are for you to check with them. Carers set their own rates, and who is free changes week to week.