Rapid Improvement Care Agency

Rapid Improvement Care Agency is a home care agency based in Mitcham, in the Merton council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It most likely works within about 6 miles of its Mitcham office, which is our estimate rather than something the agency has told us. It is registered to care for older people, people living with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. It is part of Rapid Improvement, which has 2 branches in England. The agency has been registered since March 2015.

Rapid Improvement Care Agency has not yet received a CQC rating. This is normal for a newly registered agency; the CQC usually inspects within its first year or so.

Rapid Improvement Care Agency has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Merton. Across England agencies usually charge £26 to £36 an hour for visits and £1,200 to £1,750 a week for live-in care. Ask for a written price list that shows the weekend and bank holiday rates and the shortest visit they will do.

There are 57 registered home care agencies in Merton. Others working the same area include RBK Solution Ltd, Advance Home Care Ltd and Ashling Homes Healthcare Ltd. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care from about £1,120 a week.