Islington - London
Islington - London is a home care service in London, run by Blue Popies Care & Support Services Limited. CQC rated it Requires improvement overall in June 2021, a rating carried over from before the service’s current registration (last checked 30 June 2021). It is registered to support people living with dementia, older people, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
- Home care
United House, The Busworks, 39-41 North Road, London, N7 9DP
What CQC says
Overall rating
The service is not performing as well as it should.
The same as the rating before it (Requires improvement, 11 February 2020).
CQC has carried this rating over from before the service’s current registration, for example when a new provider took it over. The service may not have been inspected under its current registration yet.
Last checked by CQC: 30 June 2021.
The five key questions
CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.
Is it safe?
Requires improvementrated 5 years ago (30 June 2021)This is an .
Is it effective?
Goodrated 5 years ago (30 June 2021)This is an .
Is it caring?
Goodrated 5 years ago (30 June 2021)This is an .
Is it responsive to people’s needs?
Goodrated 5 years ago (30 June 2021)This is an .
Is it well-led?
Requires improvementrated 5 years ago (30 June 2021)This is an .
Not sure what the ratings mean? Read how CQC ratings work.
Understanding this rating
Plain facts about how CQC rates and inspects services, as CQC describes them. This is not advice and not a rating of ours.
This rating is from June 2021. That is more than 2 years ago. A service can change a lot in that time, for better or worse. CQC decides when to inspect again.
What CQC looks at
Safe: Requires improvement
CQC checks whether people are protected from abuse and avoidable harm. It looks at safeguarding, how risks are managed, staffing levels and training, medicines, and keeping the place clean to stop infections.
Questions you could ask
- How are medicines looked after and given on time?
- How do you decide how many staff are on duty, day and night?
- When something goes wrong, what do you do, and how do you tell families?
Well-led: Requires improvement
CQC checks how well the service is run. It looks at the managers and leaders, the culture, how the service checks and improves its own quality, and whether staff feel able to speak up.
Questions you could ask
- Who is the registered manager, and how can families contact them?
- How do you check the quality of care yourselves?
- How can staff raise worries, and how are they supported when they do?
Questions you could ask
- What has changed since the last inspection?
How often CQC looks again
There is no fixed timetable. CQC decides when to look at a service again. It uses the information it holds about the service and how much risk it sees. It may look sooner if it hears of concerns.
Earlier ratings
Overall ratings this service had before, newest first. These are CQC’s own earlier ratings.
- Requires improvement11 February 2020Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement22 November 2018Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Good21 June 2016Read the report (opens in a new tab)
About this service
- Type of care
- Home care
- Who it supports
- Dementia, Older people, Physical disability, Sensory impairment, Learning disability or autism, Mental health needs, Younger adults
- Registered since
- 12 October 2022
- Local council area
- Islington
Who runs it
- Provider
- Blue Popies Care & Support Services Limited
- Kind of provider
- Company or organisation