Briars Homecare Services Limited
- Home care
- Dementia care
- Registered since 2011
- Lancashire, North West
Good
Rated on
Rating from the Care Quality Commission.
At a glance
3 ratings
First rated Requires improvement in 2015, most recently Good in March 2019.
8 years
since the latest rating was published. A rating this old may not show how the service is today.
183 of 199
rated home care services in Lancashire are rated Good, like this one.
Briars Homecare Services Limited: inspection record
Rated Good in March 2019.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
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What inspectors found
From the Care Quality Commission's inspection report published 15 March 2019. Quoted under the Open Government Licence.
About the service: The Briars Homecare Service offers domiciliary care and support to a range of people in their own homes. The service operates from an office base in a residential area of Thornton-Cleveleys that is central to the area that users of the service live. At the time of our inspection visit the service supported 90 people.
Read the rest of CQC's summary
People's experience of using this service: People supported by the service received personalised care which was responsive to their individual needs. Staff had a good understanding of the care and support people required and provided this with care and patience.
People's care and support had been planned proactively and in partnership with them. People felt consulted and listened to about how their care would be delivered. Care plans were organised and had identified the care and support people required. We found they were informative about care people had received.
People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice.
Procedures were in place to record safeguarding concerns, accidents and incidents and take necessary action as required. We saw the registered manager had cooperated and worked in partnership with the local authority when safeguarding concerns had been brought to their attention. People supported by the service told us they felt safe in the care of staff who supported them.
People spoken with referred to the registered manager and her staff as kind and caring people. They told us they liked the staff who supported them who provided a reliable service which didn't let them down.
People were supported to have access to healthcare professionals and their healthcare needs had been met. The service worked in partnership with other organisations to ensure they followed good practice and people in their care were safe.
The service had a complaints procedure which was made available to people and their family when they commenced using the service. The people we spoke with told us they were happy with their service and had no complaints.
The registered manager used a variety of methods to assess and monitor the quality of the service. These included regular audits and satisfaction surveys to seek their views about the service provided.
Questions to ask the service
- The last rating is 8 years old. Ask what has changed since then.
- Ask to see the most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) report and what the service did about any points in it.
- Ask how visit times are agreed and who covers when your usual carer is away.
Registration details
- Registered manager
- Imtiaj Ismail
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Domiciliary care service
- Who it supports
- Dementia, Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder, Mental Health, Older People, People who misuse drugs and alcohol, People with an eating disorder, Physical Disability, Sensory Impairment, Younger Adults
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)7 inspection reports, latest 15 March 2019. The reports are on the Care Quality Commission website.
The rating is the Care Quality Commission's. We show it as published and do not change it.
Who runs it
- Provider
- Briars Homecare Services Limited
- Ownership type
- Organisation
- Companies House number
- 05450996 (opens Companies House)
Getting help from Lancashire County Council
The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.
- Adult social care at Lancashire County Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 0300 123 6720. Out-of-hours emergencies: 0300 123 6722
- Support for carers
- Paying for care: Lancashire County Council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does Briars Homecare Services Limited provide nursing care?
- The Care Quality Commission's register does not list nursing care for Briars Homecare Services Limited.
- When was Briars Homecare Services Limited last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for Briars Homecare Services Limited was published on 15 March 2019.
- Who runs Briars Homecare Services Limited?
- Briars Homecare Services Limited is run by Briars Homecare Services Limited.
- What is Briars Homecare Services Limited's CQC rating?
- Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Good, published on 15 March 2019.
Contact
- Phone
- 01253 851600
- Address
- 23 Beechwood Drive, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 5EJ Map (opens Google Maps)
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- G Delta Care Ltd- Blackpool Good, 0.5 miles away
- O Westmorland Homecare - Poulton, Fylde and Wyre office Outstanding, 1.1 miles away
- – Homecare Services (Fylde & Wyre) Not yet rated, 1.1 miles away
- G ICare (GB) Limited - Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Good, 1.2 miles away
- G Scenario Management - Riversmede Good, 1.2 miles away