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What the CQC found at Harmony House

Requires improvementpublished 2 December 2021, 4 years ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the home was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Requires improvement
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?
Good
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Good
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Requires improvement
Is the home run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Harmony House.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Harmony House

6 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. March 2022Inspected but not ratedcurrent rating
    Safe: Inspected but not ratedEffective: Inspected but not rated
  2. December 2021Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. May 2021Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate
  4. December 2020Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  5. November 2019Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  6. October 2018Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  7. April 2016Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  8. June 2015Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good
  9. March 2025

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 12 March 2025.

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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32 live-in carers within about an hour of Blackpool

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 £980 to £1,250 a week. 31 can care for a couple. 12 years' experience on average.

Antoinette T.
2 reviews
From £1,120 a week
Based about 12 minutes from Blackpool. Can care for a couple
Don M.
1 review
From £1,204 a week, 6 years caring
Based about 30 minutes from Blackpool. Can care for a couple
Sarah K.
1 review
From £1,015 a week, 11 years caring
Based about 49 minutes from Blackpool. Can care for a couple
Tracy O.
1 review
From £1,260 a week, 25 years caring
Works in the Blackpool area. Can care for a couple
“Thanks to Tracy, Dad was always immaculately dressed and clean, his meals were all home cooked and nutritionally well balanced and his home was always kept really clean and tidy.”
Jackie S., about Tracy O.
“He developed a close affinity with Terence, spending time talking with him before he retired to bed and looking after his needs during the night.”
John P., about Rodrigo Javier B.
See live-in carers near BlackpoolProfiles, 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.