# Fuchsia Homecare Ltd

Fuchsia Homecare Ltd is a CQC-regulated home-care agency in Ipswich.

## CQC Ratings

| Key question | Rating |
| --- | --- |
| Overall | Good |
| Safe | Good |
| Effective | Good |
| Caring | Good |
| Responsive | Good |
| Well-led | Good |

Rating published: 30/11/2023

## Practical info

- Postcode: IP1 4JP
- Registered manager: Tirna, Alina-Bianca
- Local authority: Suffolk
- Region: East
- City: Ipswich
- Last CQC check: 30/Nov/2023 - 00:00

## Inspection findings

### caring

- Finding
  - Respecting and promoting people's privacy, dignity and independence
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Supporting people to express their views and be involved in making decisions about their care
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Ensuring people are well treated and supported; respecting equality and diversity
  - Published: 2025-12-12

### effective

- Finding
  - Ensuring consent to care and treatment in line with law and guidance
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Staff working with other agencies to provide consistent, effective, timely care
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Supporting people to eat and drink enough to maintain a balanced diet
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Staff support: induction, training, skills and experience
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Assessing people's needs and choices; delivering care in line with standards, guidance and the law
  - Published: 2025-12-12

### Other

- Finding
  - Evidence: Community engagement events such as a Christmas lunch held for people receiving care and their families.
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Evidence: Effective partnership working with GPs, district nurses, hospice and other healthcare professionals including end of life care planning.
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Evidence: Positive open culture with supportive management; staff reported high job satisfaction and easy access to supervision and support.
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Evidence: Strong governance with audits, spot checks, and quality monitoring systems embedded across the service.
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Evidence: Care plans were detailed, regularly reviewed and updated with full involvement of people and relatives.
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Evidence: People and relatives consistently praised staff as kind, compassionate and person-centred, treating people with dignity and respect.
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Evidence: Medicines managed safely with staff trained and competency-assessed; regular audits and checks in place.
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Evidence: Consistent care workers who knew people well and supported them safely, with rotas provided in advance and visits completed on time.
  - Published: 2025-12-12

### responsive

- Finding
  - End of life care and support
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Improving care quality in response to complaints or concerns
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Meeting people's communication needs
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Planning personalised care to ensure people have choice and control and to meet their needs and preferences
  - Published: 2025-12-12

### safe

- Finding
  - Learning lessons when things go wrong
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Preventing and controlling infection
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Systems and processes to safeguard people from the risk of abuse
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Staffing and recruitment
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Using medicines safely
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Assessing risk, safety monitoring and management
  - Published: 2025-12-12

### well_led

- Finding
  - Continuous learning and improving care
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Engaging and involving people using the service, the public and staff
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Managers and staff being clear about their roles, and understanding quality performance, risks and regulatory requirements
  - Published: 2025-12-12
- Finding
  - Promoting a positive culture that is person-centred, open, inclusive and empowering
  - Published: 2025-12-12

## Source

Data published by the [Care Quality Commission](https://www.cqc.org.uk/) under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Canonical page: https://homecarecompass.co.uk/agency/1-2432642975

HomeCare Compass is an independent guide and is not affiliated with the CQC.