Home care agency · Barnsley
McDev Healthcare Ltd
Illustrative photo, not of McDev Healthcare Ltd- Address
- Unit 12, Kendray Business Centre, Thornton Road, Barnsley, S70 3NA
- Run by
- McDev Healthcare 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 2019 (7 years)
- Registered manager
- Farirayi Veremu
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2018 (8 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 11573824)
- Last CQC check
- 5 Aug 2022
- 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
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-6289166427
An overview of McDev Healthcare Ltd
McDev Healthcare Ltd in Barnsley is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (August 2022). It is one of 55 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Barnsley; 48 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Track record
McDev Healthcare Ltd has been registered with CQC since February 2019, about 7 years.
There is a single overall rating on record, Good (August 2022).
It has gone 4 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.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe47 of 51 in Barnsley
- Effective47 of 51 in Barnsley
- Caring51 of 51 in Barnsley
- Responsive47 of 51 in Barnsley
- Well-led45 of 51 in Barnsley
Source: CQC, published 5 August 2022. Under each rating: how many agencies in Barnsley share it.
Needs it is registered to meet
As listed with the regulator.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 21 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Visto Help Hands Care Limited, under 0.5 miles away.
14 of the 23 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Stairfoot ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS South Yorkshire ICB.
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 44 of the 50 other agencies in Barnsley that CQC has rated.
Costs to expect
We estimate visits from McDev Healthcare Ltd 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.
A live-in carer typically costs £1,450–£1,770 a week locally.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Barnsley Council for a free care needs assessment.
Rating history
- Aug 2022
- Today Rating 4 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 5 August 2022
Map and area details
- Ward
- Stairfoot
- Parliamentary constituency
- Barnsley South
- NHS planning area
- NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in S70 (14)
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Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence. This is the agency's office; care is delivered in people's own homes around it.
Key points from CQC's visit
- Medicine administration support was being provided.
- The provider carried out checks on the suitability of staff before they started work.
- There were systems in place to minimise the risk of infection and to learn lessons from accidents and incidents.
- Before people started to use the service, their individual needs and preferences were discussed and recorded for staff to follow.
Inspected 5 July 2022; report published 5 August 2022. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Who runs it
McDev Healthcare Ltd is run by Mcdev Healthcare Ltd (company 11573824), incorporated in 2018.
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 other human health activities.
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Where McDev Healthcare Ltd stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Barnsley, 96% of the 51 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 1 is Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2022) is more recent than 39% of agency ratings in Barnsley.
- Registered with CQC in 2019: it has been registered longer than 57% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Barnsley lists 6.
All figures compare it with other home care agencies in Barnsley; CQC register, Oct 2026.
Closest alternatives
Guides for families
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McDev Healthcare Ltd questions answered
- Where is McDev Healthcare Ltd based?
- The agency works from Unit 12, Kendray Business Centre, Thornton Road, Barnsley, S70 3NA; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- How much does McDev Healthcare Ltd charge?
- No fee list from McDev Healthcare Ltd has reached us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- What services is McDev Healthcare Ltd registered for?
- McDev Healthcare Ltd is registered for homecare agencies. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- When was McDev Healthcare Ltd last inspected?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 5 August 2022, 4 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- Is McDev Healthcare Ltd regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- McDev Healthcare Ltd is on the CQC register as a home care agency (ID 1-6289166427) and was rated Good overall in August 2022.
- Is McDev Healthcare Ltd registered for dementia care?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- How is McDev Healthcare Ltd rated for safety and leadership?
- 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.
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