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What the CQC found at The Harefield Care Home

Goodpublished 12 April 2023, 3 years ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the home performing well and meeting their expectations.

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?
Good
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 The Harefield Care Home.

The story over the years

Every inspection of The Harefield Care Home

5 rated inspections over 5 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

  1. April 2023Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  2. September 2022Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. July 2021Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. September 2020Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not ratedEffective: Inspected but not ratedResponsive: Inspected but not ratedWell-led: Inspected but not rated
  5. March 2019Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  6. May 2018Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  7. June 2026

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 1 June 2026.

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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At least 100 live-in carers within about an hour of Hillingdon

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 £1,320 a week. 81 can care for a couple. 11 years' experience on average.

Peter W.
3 reviews
From £1,372 a week, 18 years caring
Based about 15 minutes from Hillingdon. Can care for a couple
Favour K.
1 review
From £1,043 a week, 7 years caring
Based about 15 minutes from Hillingdon. Can care for a couple
Janice C.
2 reviews
From £1,225 a week, 32 years caring
Based about 17 minutes from Hillingdon. Can care for a couple
Christina Y.
1 review
From £1,400 a week, 20 years caring
Based about 21 minutes from Hillingdon
“I can truly say that Peter always put Dad at the centre of everything and I know that they found a great friendship in difficult times.”
Lindsay C., about Peter W.
“She has an unusual combination of kindness and firmness, is quite unflappable, physically strong, extremely savvy”
Hiram S., about Janet F.
See live-in carers near HillingdonProfiles, rates and reviews are free to look at.

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