Home care agency · Ripley
Birchwood Homecaring Services Limited
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- 29 Derby Road, Ripley, DE5 3HR
- Run by
- Birchwood Homecaring Services Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- November 2010 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Lisa Slater
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2000 (26 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04011681)
- Last CQC check
- 18 Feb 2023
- 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
Licensed by CQC for: Personal care
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-119598068
Birchwood Homecaring Services Limited at a glance
Registered with CQC as a home care agency, Birchwood Homecaring Services Limited is based in Ripley. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions, sight or hearing loss and drug or alcohol problems.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (February 2023). It is one of 39 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Ripley; 24 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
How long it has been running
Registered in November 2010, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2015–2023), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now 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.
6 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 18 February 2023.
Key points from CQC's visit
- Right Support: Staff were recruited safely and received the necessary training to support people safely and meet their needs.
- People were protected from the risk of abuse and risks to people had been assessed, people's care plans were regularly reviewed and updated.
- Staff supported people to maintain their health and wellbeing by accessing healthcare services which positively supported their health.
- People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice.
Inspected 2 February 2023; report published 18 February 2023. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Who it can help
Registration details from CQC.
The local picture
There are 5 other agencies within 3 miles, 2 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Your Home Care Ripley, under 0.5 miles away.
4 of the 17 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Ripley ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe101 of 108 in Derbyshire
- Effective101 of 108 in Derbyshire
- Caring97 of 108 in Derbyshire
- Responsive97 of 108 in Derbyshire
- Well-led89 of 108 in Derbyshire
As rated by CQC, published 18 February 2023. Under each rating: how many agencies in Derbyshire share it.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from Birchwood Homecaring Services Limited 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.
For live-in care, expect around £1,450–£1,770 a week in this region.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Derbyshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 88 of the 107 other agencies in Derbyshire that CQC has rated.
How its rating has changed
- Jan 2015
- Jan 2017
- Oct 2018
- Feb 2023
- Today Rating 3 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 18 February 2023
- CQC inspection report 16 October 2018
- CQC inspection report 19 January 2017
- CQC inspection report 2 January 2015
- Inspection report 4 April 2014
- Inspection report 23 April 2013
Area and map
- Ward
- Ripley
- Council
- Derbyshire County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Amber Valley
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
Larger map · How to get there · © OpenStreetMap contributors
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence. This is the agency's office; care is delivered in people's own homes around it.
Who runs it
Birchwood Homecaring Services Limited is run by Birchwood Homecaring Services Limited (company 04011681), incorporated in 2000, 10 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
Family reviews
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Where Birchwood Homecaring Services Limited stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Derbyshire, 96% of the 106 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 6 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (February 2023) is more recent than 60% of agency ratings in Derbyshire.
- Registered with CQC in 2010, it is one of the longest-registered home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 8 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Derbyshire lists 6.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered home care agencies in Derbyshire (Oct 2026).
Nearby options
Guides for families
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What families ask about Birchwood Homecaring Services Limited
- When did CQC last rate Birchwood Homecaring Services Limited?
- The rating now shown was published on 18 February 2023, 3 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Is Birchwood Homecaring Services Limited regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Registered, yes: location 1-119598068 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Good overall in February 2023.
- Can Birchwood Homecaring Services Limited care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- Is Birchwood Homecaring Services Limited rated well for safety?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- What is Birchwood Homecaring Services Limited's address?
- 29 Derby Road, Ripley, DE5 3HR. That is the office; visits happen in your own home, so confirm your area is covered.
- How much does Birchwood Homecaring Services Limited charge?
- We don't have published prices from Birchwood Homecaring Services Limited yet. 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.
- What kind of care can Birchwood Homecaring Services Limited offer?
- Its CQC registration covers homecare agencies. Ask Birchwood Homecaring Services Limited how it would adapt if needs increase.
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