Home care agency · Boston

The Angels on Call

Rated Requires improvement by CQC Rating published 4 February 2022 Rating 4 years old

Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate

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Rated 4 years ago. CQC's last published rating for this service is from February 2022. Ask what has changed since, such as the manager or the number of people they support. See nearby services rated recently.
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Address
106 Woad Farm Road, Boston, PE21 0EW
Run by
Ms Tanya Michelle Gostelow
Type of provider
Independent (owner-run)
Service
Home care agency
Dementia
Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
Registered with CQC
November 2016 (9 years)
Registered manager
*
Last CQC check
4 Feb 2022
Typical fees Estimated
£30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate

Registered to provide: Personal care

Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-2915995979

About The Angels on Call

The Angels on Call in Boston is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency, run by Ms Tanya Michelle Gostelow. 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 Requires improvement overall (February 2022). Safe and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 10 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Boston; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

What CQC's inspectors reported

  • People were not always supported safely when staff administered medicines.
  • For one person, the processes in place for medicine administration were not robust and did not allow staff to effectively check the medicines they were administering.
  • This was addressed by the provider following our inspection.
  • There had been improvements in the way the majority of people's medicines were managed since our last inspection.

Inspected 9 December 2021; report published 4 February 2022. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.

The five key questions

  • SafeRequires improvement11 of 84 in Lincolnshire
  • EffectiveGood78 of 84 in Lincolnshire
  • CaringGood71 of 84 in Lincolnshire
  • ResponsiveGood76 of 84 in Lincolnshire
  • Well-ledRequires improvement14 of 84 in Lincolnshire

As rated by CQC, published 4 February 2022. Under each rating: how many agencies in Lincolnshire share it.

Who runs it

The Angels on Call is the only service its provider, Ms Tanya Michelle Gostelow, runs, so it is an independent, single-site operator rather than part of a chain.

Registered specialisms

Taken from its CQC registration.

Track record

The Angels on Call has been registered with CQC since November 2016, about 9 years.

CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2018–2022), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Requires improvement.

At 4 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.

5 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 4 February 2022.

Choice nearby

There are 7 other agencies within 3 miles, 3 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Town and Country Care, 0.8 miles away.

1 of the 6 nearest rated agencies has a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Skirbeck ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Lincolnshire ICB.

How its rating has changed

  1. Jun 2018 Good
  2. Jul 2019 Good
  3. May 2021 Inadequate
  4. May 2021 Inadequate
  5. Feb 2022 Requires improvement
  6. Today Rating 4 years old

Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.

Published inspection reports

Where it is

Ward
Skirbeck
Parliamentary constituency
Boston and Skegness
Local NHS (ICB)
NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board
Setting
Urban; further from a major town or city
Neighbourhood deprivation
Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
Postcode district
Home care in PE21 (7)

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Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence). This is the agency's office; care is delivered in people's own homes around it.

Strengths and weak spots in the ratings

Area by area, Safe and Well-led are rated below Good; 3 other areas are Good.

Across Lincolnshire, 11 of 84 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Safe (13%), while 14 of 84 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Well-led (17%).

If you are considering it, read the Safe and Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.

Costs to expect

We estimate visits from The Angels on Call 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.

Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Lincolnshire Council for a free care needs assessment.

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How The Angels on Call compares

  • Rated Requires improvement. Across Lincolnshire, 88% of the 83 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
  • Its rating (February 2022) is more recent than 49% of agency ratings in Lincolnshire.
  • Registered with CQC in 2016: it has been registered longer than 70% of home care agencies in the area.
  • It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Lincolnshire lists 5.
  • Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (13% of home care agencies in Lincolnshire are also rated below Good here); Well-led (17% of home care agencies in Lincolnshire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.

Based on the CQC register for Lincolnshire as at Oct 2026.

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Frequently asked about The Angels on Call

When was The Angels on Call last inspected?
The latest rating is dated 4 February 2022, 4 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
Does The Angels on Call support people with dementia?
Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
Is The Angels on Call regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
It is. The CQC register records The Angels on Call as a home care agency, location ID 1-2915995979 and was rated Requires improvement overall in February 2022.
What is The Angels on Call's address?
106 Woad Farm Road, Boston, PE21 0EW is the agency's office; check it serves your postcode.
How is The Angels on Call rated for safety and leadership?
The five CQC areas: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
How much does The Angels on Call charge?
We don't have published prices from The Angels on Call yet. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
Which provider runs The Angels on Call?
CQC lists Ms Tanya Michelle Gostelow as the provider responsible for The Angels on Call.
What kind of care can The Angels on Call offer?
Registration for The Angels on Call covers: homecare agencies. Check which of these it offers today.

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