# Yorkshire Homecare Limited

Yorkshire Homecare Limited is a CQC-regulated home-care agency in Leeds.

## CQC Ratings

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

Rating published: 11/07/2023

## Practical info

- Postcode: LS7 3JB
- Registered manager: Holt, Catherine
- Local authority: Leeds
- Region: Yorkshire & Humberside
- City: Leeds
- Last CQC check: 11/Jul/2023 - 00:00

## Inspection findings

### Other

- Finding
  - Evidence: Provider worked effectively in partnership with health and social care professionals to meet people's needs.
  - Published: 2024-03-29
- Finding
  - Evidence: Positive person-centred culture with relatives reporting high satisfaction and willingness to recommend the service.
  - Published: 2024-03-29
- Finding
  - Evidence: Registered manager demonstrated good governance, carrying out quality review checks and acting on lessons learnt.
  - Published: 2024-03-29
- Finding
  - Evidence: Safe recruitment practices in place including DBS checks; enough staff to meet people's needs.
  - Published: 2024-03-29
- Finding
  - Evidence: Safeguarding systems were strong; registered manager routinely sought advice from the local authority safeguarding team.
  - Published: 2024-03-29
- Finding
  - Evidence: Staff received thorough induction, shadowing, ongoing training, competency checks, supervision, and appraisals.
  - Published: 2024-03-29
- Finding
  - Evidence: Robust risk assessments and individualised care records provided staff with clear guidance to reduce risk.
  - Published: 2024-03-29
- **care_planning** _(minor)_
  - Evidence: People's needs and choices were not always assessed before they started using the service. However, the registered manager had taken action to address this when they came into post.
  - Published: 2024-03-29
- **consent_capacity** _(minor)_
  - Evidence: we highlighted concern where a best interest decision may have been required for one person. The registered manager took immediate action to resolve this.
  - Published: 2024-03-29
- **medication_management** _(minor)_
  - Evidence: provider was having some technical problems with their newly implemented electronic care recording system, this impacted on some instances of medication administration recording...these needed to be more robust.
  - Published: 2024-03-29

## 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/1-3263985404

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