Helping Hands Ipswich
- Home care
- Dementia care
- Registered since 2018
- Ipswich, Suffolk, East of England
Good
Rated on
Rating from the Care Quality Commission.
At a glance
1 rating
Only one rating on record, so there is no trend to show yet.
7 years
since the latest rating was published. A rating this old may not show how the service is today.
108 of 141
rated home care services in Suffolk are rated Good, like this one.
Helping Hands Ipswich: inspection record
Rated Good in November 2019.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
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About the service
From the Care Quality Commission's inspection report published 27 November 2019. Quoted under the Open Government Licence.
Helping Hands Ipswich is a Domiciliary Care Agency. It provides personal care to people living in their own houses and flats. It provides a service to older adults and younger adults. At the time of our comprehensive inspection on 26 September and 2 October 2019, there were 32 people in receipt of the regulated activity of personal care.
Questions to ask the service
- The last rating is 7 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
- Lorraine Murphy
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Domiciliary care service
- Who it supports
- Dementia, Mental Health, Older People, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)1 inspection report, latest 27 November 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
- Midshires Care LimitedBrand: Midshires Care Ltd
- Ownership type
- Organisation
- Companies House number
- 03959933 (opens Companies House)
Midshires Care Limited runs 151 services in England, 21 of them in the East of England. 131 are rated Good or Outstanding, 3 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate and 17 have no rating yet.
Other services run by Midshires Care Limited
- G Helping Hands Accrington Good. Home care, Lancashire, North West
- G Helping Hands Aintree Good. Home care, Liverpool, North West
- G Helping Hands Arnold Good. Home care, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
- G Helping Hands Barnet Good. Home care, Enfield, London
Getting help from Suffolk 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 Suffolk County Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 0800 917 1109, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm (excluding bank holidays)
- Support for carers
- Paying for care: Suffolk County Council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does Helping Hands Ipswich provide nursing care?
- The Care Quality Commission's register does not list nursing care for Helping Hands Ipswich.
- When was Helping Hands Ipswich last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for Helping Hands Ipswich was published on 27 November 2019.
- Who runs Helping Hands Ipswich?
- Helping Hands Ipswich is run by Midshires Care Limited. It runs 151 services in England, 21 of them in the East of England.
- What is Helping Hands Ipswich's CQC rating?
- Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Good, published on 27 November 2019.
Contact
- Phone
- 01473 927756
- Address
- Unit 1, Friars Courtyard, Princes Street, Ipswich, IP1 1RJ Map (opens Google Maps)
Compare nearby
- G U in Mind Care Limited Good, less than 0.1 miles away
- RI Choices Healthcare Ltd Suffolk Requires improvement, 0.1 miles away
- RI B & H Care Requires improvement, 0.1 miles away
- RI A & A Healthcare Services Ltd Requires improvement, 0.1 miles away
- – Barrow Care Service Ltd Not yet rated, 0.1 miles away