Home care agency · Wingate
Brisca Healthcare
Illustrative photo, not of Brisca Healthcare- Address
- Office 8, East Durham Business Centre, Station Town, Wingate, TS28 5HD
- Run by
- Brisca Healthcare Ltd (2 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- May 2023 (3 years)
- Registered manager
- Tendai Richard Chimhini Prieska Chimhini
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2014 (12 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 09165393)
- Last CQC check
- 14 Aug 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 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
Licensed by CQC for: Personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-15872008354
About this agency
Brisca Healthcare in Wingate is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency, run by Brisca Healthcare Ltd. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and children and lists dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (August 2025). It is one of 16 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Peterlee; 11 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who the service is registered for
Registration details from CQC.
The local picture
There are 5 other agencies within 3 miles, 1 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Tender Glove Healthcare, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: children (3 of the nearest 12).
1 of the 8 nearest rated agencies has a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Trimdon & Wingate ward, classed by ONS as larger rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from Brisca Healthcare 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.
County Durham Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.
How long it has been running
Brisca Healthcare has been registered with CQC since May 2023, about 3 years.
There is a single overall rating on record, Good (August 2025).
How the scores break down
Under its newer approach, CQC marks each "quality statement" from 1 to 4 and converts the marks into a percentage per area. Averaged across the five areas, Brisca Healthcare scores 76%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 75%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 80%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity4 · Exceptional
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 75%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
How to read the numbers: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. Published by CQC, assessed 9 May 2025, published 14 August 2025 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Trimdon & Wingate
- Council
- Durham County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Easington
- NHS planning area
- NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Larger rural; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
See the wider area · How to get there · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence). Carers work from this office and visit homes in the surrounding area.
The ratings in context
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 39 of the 49 other agencies in County Durham that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 80% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 76% overall.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- At the time of inspection there were 26 people receiving the regulated activity.
- This was the first rated inspection of the service.
- A registered manager was in place, who was also the nominated individual (NI).
- They feel safe and comfortable with staff. [Name] is safe because staff notice things” and “I do feel safe.
Supporting 26 people at the time. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe75% score44 of 50 in County Durham
- Effective75% score46 of 50 in County Durham
- Caring80% score43 of 50 in County Durham
- Responsive75% score46 of 50 in County Durham
- Well-led75% score40 of 50 in County Durham
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 14 August 2025. Under each rating: how many agencies in County Durham share it.
The company behind Brisca Healthcare
Brisca Healthcare is run by Brisca Healthcare Ltd (company 09165393), incorporated in 2014, 8 years 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 medical nursing home activities and other human health activities.
Brisca Healthcare Ltd runs 2 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 88% for the same mix of services across England.
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Brisca Healthcare against its area
- Rated Good. Across County Durham, 94% of the 48 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2025) is more recent than 85% of agency ratings in County Durham.
- Registered with CQC in 2023: it has been registered longer than 30% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 8 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in County Durham lists 6.
All figures compare it with other home care agencies in County Durham; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Quick answers about Brisca Healthcare
- What services is Brisca Healthcare registered for?
- Brisca Healthcare is registered for homecare agencies. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Who is the registered provider for Brisca Healthcare?
- Brisca Healthcare Ltd is the registered provider for Brisca Healthcare.
- How much does care from Brisca Healthcare cost?
- Brisca Healthcare's prices aren't on our site yet. 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.
- How did Brisca Healthcare score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Brisca Healthcare: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- Where is Brisca Healthcare?
- The agency's base is Office 8, East Durham Business Centre, Station Town, Wingate, TS28 5HD. Confirm that its carers travel to your area.
- Is Brisca Healthcare registered with CQC?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a home care agency under location ID 1-15872008354 and was rated Good overall in August 2025.
- Is Brisca Healthcare registered for dementia care?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- When did CQC last rate Brisca Healthcare?
- The latest rating is dated 14 August 2025, 1 year ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
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