Helping Hands Hereford

Around Hereford

Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 15 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Home Instead Senior Care, under 0.5 miles away.

It sits in Dinedor Hill ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (further from a major town or city), among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB.

Likely fees

We estimate visits from Helping Hands Hereford at £27.50–£33.50 an hour (visiting care, weekdays), based on published prices in the region (Helping Hands publishes rates a little below the national median, plus a travel charge). As an example, an hour each morning and a 30-minute evening call comes to about £320 a week.

Regional live-in prices sit at roughly £1,380–£1,680 per week.

People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Herefordshire, County of Council after a needs and financial assessment.

The registered provider

Helping Hands Hereford is run by Midshires Care Limited (company 03959933), incorporated in 2000, 25 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 6 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).

Midshires Care Limited runs 150 CQC-registered services across 100 council areas; 130 of the 133 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (98%), against 88% for the same mix of services across England.

It trades under the Midshires Care Ltd brand, which covers 150 services run by 1 registered provider.