Home care agency · Peterborough

Meadows Homecare Services

Rated Good by CQC Rating published 17 November 2017 Rating 8 years old

Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate

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Address
Unit 9, Orton Enterprise Centre, Bakewell Road, Orton Southgate, Peterborough, PE2 6XU
Run by
HH Care Ltd (3 services)
Type of provider
Independent (private company)
Service
Home care agency
Dementia
Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
Registered with CQC
November 2014 (11 years)
Registered manager
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Company check
Liquidation, trading since 2009 (16 years), accounts overdue, has insolvency history (Companies House 07094365)
Last CQC check
17 Nov 2017
Typical fees Estimated
£30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate

Registered activities: Personal care

Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-1794098724

An overview of Meadows Homecare Services

Meadows Homecare Services is a CQC-registered home care agency in Peterborough, run by HH Care Ltd. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.

At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (November 2017). Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 129 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Peterborough; 52 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Costs to expect

We estimate visits from Meadows Homecare Services at £30–£37 an hour (visiting care, weekdays), based on published prices in the region. As an example, an hour each morning and a 30-minute evening call comes to about £350 a week.

A live-in carer typically costs £1,450–£1,770 a week locally.

Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Peterborough Council for a free care needs assessment.

Needs it is registered to meet

From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.

Choice nearby

Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 11 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is 4passioncare, under 0.5 miles away.

Every one of the 12 nearest rated agencies has a more recent rating than this one, so ask what has changed since its inspection.

It sits in Orton Waterville ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Central East ICB.

The ratings in context

Area by area, Well-led is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.

Across Peterborough, 6 of 53 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Well-led (11%).

The Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.

From the latest CQC inspection

  • They specialise in offering 24 hour 'live in' care support.
  • This means that there are staff supporting people 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
  • However, they were still a registered manager on our register at the time.
  • A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service.

Inspected 19 October 2017; report published 17 November 2017. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.

Track record

Registered in November 2014, it has 11 years on the CQC register.

CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2015–2017), starting at Good and staying Good every time.

No new overall rating has been published for 8 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.

The CQC website holds 2 reports for it, the latest from 17 November 2017.

Past CQC ratings

  1. Nov 2015 Good
  2. Nov 2017 Good
  3. Today Rating 8 years old

The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.

Reports on the CQC website

The neighbourhood

Ward
Orton Waterville
Parliamentary constituency
North West Cambridgeshire
NHS integrated care board
NHS Central East Integrated Care Board
Setting
Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
Neighbourhood deprivation
Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
Postcode district
Home care in PE2 (46)

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Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence. Carers work from this office and visit homes in the surrounding area.

How CQC rated each area

  • SafeGood46 of 53 in Peterborough
  • EffectiveGood51 of 52 in Peterborough
  • CaringGood51 of 52 in Peterborough
  • ResponsiveGood49 of 52 in Peterborough
  • Well-ledRequires improvement6 of 53 in Peterborough

CQC key question ratings, published 17 November 2017. Under each rating: how many agencies in Peterborough share it.

The company behind Meadows Homecare Services

Meadows Homecare Services is run by Hh Care Ltd (company 07094365), incorporated in 2009, 4 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as liquidation, its accounts are overdue, its confirmation statement is overdue, it has 3 active directors and it has an insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is other human health activities and social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).

HH Care Ltd runs 3 CQC-registered services across 3 council areas; 3 of the 3 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 88% for the same mix of services across England.

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Meadows Homecare Services in local context

  • Rated Good. Across Peterborough, 94% of the 53 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 2 are Outstanding.
  • Its rating (November 2017) is more recent than 6% of agency ratings in Peterborough.
  • Registered with CQC in 2014: it has been registered longer than 90% of home care agencies in the area.
  • It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Peterborough lists 6.
  • Areas CQC rated below Good: Well-led (11% of home care agencies in Peterborough are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.

Compared with every CQC-registered home care agency in Peterborough. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.

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What families ask about Meadows Homecare Services

Is Meadows Homecare Services regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
Registered, yes: location 1-1794098724 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Good overall in November 2017.
What is Meadows Homecare Services's address?
Its office is at Unit 9, Orton Enterprise Centre, Bakewell Road, Orton Southgate, Peterborough, PE2 6XU. Carers travel to people's homes, so check it covers your street.
When was Meadows Homecare Services last inspected?
CQC published the current rating on 17 November 2017, 8 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
Can Meadows Homecare Services care for someone with dementia?
Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
Which provider runs Meadows Homecare Services?
Meadows Homecare Services is run by HH Care Ltd, the registered provider on the CQC register.
What type of care does Meadows Homecare Services provide?
Meadows Homecare Services is registered for homecare agencies. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
How is Meadows Homecare Services rated for safety and leadership?
CQC rates five key questions. For Meadows Homecare Services: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
How much does Meadows Homecare Services charge?
Meadows Homecare Services hasn't shared a price list with us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.

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