Blossom Healthcare Solutions

Blossom Healthcare Solutions is a home care agency based in Harlow, in the Essex council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It We provide live-in care across West Essex, Epping Forest, and East and North Hertfordshire — including Harlow, Epping, Bishops Stortford, Hertford, Ware, Hoddesdon and surrounding towns and villages. It is registered to care for older people, people living with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Its website lists hourly visits, live-in care, sleeping nights, waking nights and end of life care. The agency has been registered since April 2020.

At its latest inspection, published July 2022, the CQC rated Blossom Healthcare Solutions Requires improvement, which means the CQC found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it how to improve. Ratings can change after a new inspection, so read the CQC report before you decide.

Blossom Healthcare Solutions has not published its rates and has not yet told us what they are. Home care agencies in Essex with a rate on record typically charge about £27 an hour and £1,675 a week for live-in care, so expect a figure in that range and ask for a written price list that shows weekend and bank holiday rates.

On how it works, the agency says: 24/7 on-call, free assessment and 5 years operating. Details like these come from the agency's own website and change, so confirm them when you call.

There are 448 registered home care agencies in Essex. Others working the same area include Diamond Unique Care Limited, Gold Cross Care Limited and Hope Homecare Services Limited, 1 of which has a rate on record. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care typically about £1,120 a week across England.