Home care agency · Gloucester
Nightingales Home Care
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Nightingales Home Care- Address
- Unit C1, Spinnaker House, Spinnaker Road, Hempsted, Gloucester, GL2 5FD
- Run by
- Nightingale's Care (Gloucester) Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- June 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Wendy Diane Harvey
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2009 (17 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 06874756)
- Last CQC check
- 22 Feb 2019
- 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
Regulated activities on its registration: Personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-251715865
Nightingales Home Care at a glance
Nightingales Home Care in Gloucester is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency, run by Nightingale's Care (Gloucester) Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (February 2019). It is one of 107 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Gloucester; 56 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who it can help
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
Who runs it
Nightingales Home Care is run by Nightingales Care (gloucester) Limited (company 06874756), incorporated in 2009, 2 years before this service registered with CQC.
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 other human health activities.
How long it has been running
Registered in June 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2019), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
The rating is 7 years old. CQC decides when to return based on risk, so age alone is not a warning sign; still, ask who the manager is now.
CQC lists 5 reports for this location, the latest dated 22 February 2019.
What inspectors found
- The provider was given 48 hours' notice of the inspection because the service provided was domiciliary care in people's own homes and we wanted to make arrangements to contact people.
- It provides personal care to people living in their own houses and flats.
- Where they do we also take into account any wider social care provided.
- There was no registered manager in post at the service.
Inspected 17 January 2019; report published 22 February 2019. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
The five key questions
- Safe106 of 129 in Gloucestershire
- Effective116 of 129 in Gloucestershire
- Caring113 of 129 in Gloucestershire
- Responsive115 of 129 in Gloucestershire
- Well-led83 of 129 in Gloucestershire
As rated by CQC, published 22 February 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Gloucestershire share it.
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 82 of the 128 other agencies in Gloucestershire that CQC has rated.
Earlier inspections
- Aug 2016
- Jan 2018
- Feb 2019
- Today Rating 7 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 22 February 2019
- CQC inspection report 9 January 2018
- CQC inspection report 31 August 2016
- Inspection report 5 October 2013
- Inspection report 21 March 2013
Where it is
- Ward
- Westgate
- Parliamentary constituency
- Gloucester
- NHS planning area
- NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in GL2 (34)
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Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence). A home care agency's office address; carers travel to people's homes nearby.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 14 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is YourLife (Gloucester), under 0.5 miles away.
15 of the 16 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Westgate ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Gloucestershire ICB.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from Nightingales Home Care 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.
Regional live-in prices sit at roughly £1,450–£1,770 per week.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Gloucestershire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
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Where Nightingales Home Care stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Gloucestershire, 88% of the 125 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 9 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (February 2019) is more recent than 10% of agency ratings in Gloucestershire.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 93% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Gloucestershire lists 5.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered home care agencies in Gloucestershire (Oct 2026).
Nearest home care agencies
Guides for families
Other home care agencies near Gloucester with recent ratings
- Foundation HouseOct 2026 · 0.9 miles
- Care at Home GloucesterJul 2026 · 1.0 miles
- P & N Healthcare Services Ltd - GloucesterApr 2026 · 1.1 miles
Quick answers about Nightingales Home Care
- How recent is Nightingales Home Care's CQC rating?
- The rating now shown was published on 22 February 2019, 7 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Is Nightingales Home Care registered for dementia care?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- Is Nightingales Home Care a registered provider?
- Registered, yes: location 1-251715865 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Good overall in February 2019.
- Where is Nightingales Home Care?
- The agency works from Unit C1, Spinnaker House, Spinnaker Road, Hempsted, Gloucester, GL2 5FD; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- How did Nightingales Home Care 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.
- How much does care from Nightingales Home Care cost?
- Nightingales Home Care has not published its fees with us. 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.
- Which provider runs Nightingales Home Care?
- The registered provider is Nightingale's Care (Gloucester) Limited, according to CQC.
- What kind of care can Nightingales Home Care offer?
- Registration for Nightingales Home Care covers: homecare agencies. Check which of these it offers today.
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