Home care agency · Newark
Harris James & Responsive Care Group
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Harris James & Responsive Care Group- Address
- The Grange, Ossington, Newark, NG23 6LQ
- Run by
- Responsive Care Group Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- February 2025 (1 year)
- Registered manager
- Stacey Anne Shepherd
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2024 (2 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 16001007)
- Last CQC check
- 16 May 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Registered activities: Personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-21524665727
Introducing Harris James & Responsive Care Group
Registered with CQC as a home care agency, Harris James & Responsive Care Group is based in Newark, run by Responsive Care Group Ltd. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (November 2022). It is one of 10 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of New Ollerton; 4 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Costs to expect
We estimate visits from Harris James & Responsive Care Group 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.
Live-in arrangements here usually cost £1,450–£1,770 weekly.
With savings below £23,250, Nottinghamshire Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Choice nearby
There is 1 other agency within 3 miles, 1 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Silver Service Carers Ltd, 1.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (1 of the nearest 7); mental health conditions (2 of the nearest 7).
3 of the 5 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Sutton-on-Trent ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (further from a major town or city), among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB.
Ownership and company checks
Harris James & Responsive Care Group is run by Responsive Care Group Ltd (company 16001007), incorporated in 2024.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care) and other social work without accommodation.
Track record
CQC registration dates from February 2025, so the service has been operating for around 1 year under its current registration.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2020–2022), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
It has gone 3 years without a new overall rating. CQC schedules inspections by risk, so this is not a bad sign in itself, though leadership may have moved on.
The current rating was given to a previous provider; the present one has not yet been inspected here.
Past CQC ratings
- Feb 2020
- Nov 2022
- Today Rating 3 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Area and map
- Ward
- Sutton-on-Trent
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newark
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Smaller rural; further from a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
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Registered specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
What the ratings tell you
Harris James & Responsive Care Group has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 91 of the 126 other agencies in Nottinghamshire that CQC has rated.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe109 of 127 in Nottinghamshire
- Effective111 of 127 in Nottinghamshire
- Caring107 of 127 in Nottinghamshire
- Responsive106 of 127 in Nottinghamshire
- Well-led92 of 127 in Nottinghamshire
From CQC's latest report, published 15 November 2022. Under each rating: how many agencies in Nottinghamshire share it.
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Harris James & Responsive Care Group: common questions
- Who runs Harris James & Responsive Care Group?
- Harris James & Responsive Care Group is run by Responsive Care Group Ltd, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- What kind of care can Harris James & Responsive Care Group offer?
- Its CQC registration covers homecare agencies. Ask Harris James & Responsive Care Group how it would adapt if needs increase.
- How did Harris James & Responsive Care Group score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- What are Harris James & Responsive Care Group's fees?
- Harris James & Responsive Care Group has not published its fees with us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- Is Harris James & Responsive Care Group a registered provider?
- Harris James & Responsive Care Group is on the CQC register as a home care agency (ID 1-21524665727) and was rated Good overall in November 2022.
- What is Harris James & Responsive Care Group's address?
- The Grange, Ossington, Newark, NG23 6LQ is the agency's office; check it serves your postcode.
- When was Harris James & Responsive Care Group last inspected?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 15 November 2022, 3 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- Can Harris James & Responsive Care Group care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
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