Home care agency · Gillingham
Rapid Care
Typical fee here £29–£35.50 an hour Estimate
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- 67 Station Road, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7SB
- Run by
- Rapid Care Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency, Supported living
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- November 2010 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Omolola Anike Opalemo
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2009 (17 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 06841858)
- Last CQC check
- 18 Mar 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £29–£35.50 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Registered activities: Personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-118306345
Rapid Care at a glance
Rapid Care in Gillingham is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency that also provides supported living, run by Rapid Care Ltd. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and children and lists dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC has not published a rating for this service yet, which is common for newly registered services. It is one of 23 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 3 miles of Rainham, Kent; 9 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe
- Effective
- Caring
- Responsive
- Well-led
Ratings from CQC's most recent report.
How it fits locally
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 9 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Hamilton House, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: children (5 of the nearest 25).
It sits in Rainham North ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Kent and Medway ICB.
Ownership and company checks
Rapid Care is run by Rapid Care Ltd (company 06841858), incorporated in 2009, 1 year before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse and other social work without accommodation.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from Rapid Care at £29–£35.50 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 £340 a week.
Live-in care in this region typically runs £1,450–£1,770 a week.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Medway Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
How its rating has changed
- Mar 2017
- May 2017
- May 2018
- Mar 2023
- Jun 2025
- Today
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 16 March 2023
- CQC inspection report 10 May 2018
- CQC inspection report 18 May 2017
- CQC inspection report 1 March 2017
- Inspection report 11 May 2012
Map and area details
- Ward
- Rainham North
- Council
- Medway Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham
- NHS planning area
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in ME8 (9)
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Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence. Care happens at home, not here: this is where the agency is run from.
History with CQC
CQC registration dates from November 2010, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2017–2025), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Requires Improvement.
There are 5 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 16 March 2023.
Who it can help
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
The inspection, summarised
- We identified 2 continued breaches of the legal regulation in relation to safe care and treatment and good governance.
- Although there had been an improvement in the assessment and management of risks identified at the last assessment, such as catheter care, we found 6 out of 7 people’s care records reviewed either did not fully assess or clearly plan for how to mitigate some people’s risks.
- There were multiple areas where key risk assessments or detailed guidance in people’s care plans were missing or incomplete, including for safe use of bedrails, choking risks, skin integrity risks and risks associated with people’s health conditions.
- People and relatives said they were involved in developing care plans and that staff responded when people’s needs changed, including contacting GPs or district nurses when required.
Inspected 20 January 2023; report published 16 March 2023. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
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Rapid Care against its area
- Registered with CQC in 2010, it is one of the longest-registered home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Medway lists 5.
Comparison set: every registered home care agency in Medway, CQC data for Oct 2026.
Nearby options
Guides for families
Gillingham: home care agencies inspected recently
- Platinum living careNov 2024 · 2.3 miles
- Galilee CareMar 2026 · 2.7 miles
Frequently asked about Rapid Care
- How much does Rapid Care charge?
- No fee list from Rapid Care has reached us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- Who runs Rapid Care?
- On CQC's register the provider is Rapid Care Ltd.
- Can Rapid Care care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- What type of care does Rapid Care provide?
- Registration for Rapid Care covers: homecare agencies, supported living. Check which of these it offers today.
- Where is Rapid Care based?
- 67 Station Road, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7SB is the agency's office; check it serves your postcode.
- Is Rapid Care a registered provider?
- Registered, yes: location 1-118306345 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency, and has not yet been given an overall rating.
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Source: the CQC register as of Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0), with our own analysis. Anything marked "in the provider's own words" comes from the provider. The Care Panel does not provide care.