PCM Homecare Limited
Suite B Bridgefoot Studio, Colchester, CO5 9BE · Essex · East of England
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but the rating is 4 years old.
- Age of rating
- 4 years old — published 28 Aug 2021. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care at home (visits)
- Registered with CQC
- 22 Sep 2015
- Run by
- PCM Homecare Limited
- Phone
- 01621453400
- Website
- Careinmyhome.co.uk
Contact details as recorded by CQC — we don’t hold fees, vacancies or waiting lists, so those are worth asking about directly.
Who this service supports
The groups this service is registered with CQC to support. Registration says who a service may care for — it is not a quality judgement, and it is not a recommendation.
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Care at home (visits)
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Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 28 Aug 2021 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 1 Apr 2020 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 1 Apr 2020 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 1 Apr 2020 |
| Well-led | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 28 Aug 2021 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 1 other location
Other active services registered to PCM Homecare Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Careinmyhome Worthing | Not yet rated | West Sussex |
Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
- What to ask a home care agencyContinuity of carer, missed visits, who answers at 8pm — the questions that actually decide it.
- Coming out of hospitalIf this follows a hospital stay: the discharge decision, reablement, and what to ask the ward.
- Ask the council for a needs assessmentFree, whatever the savings, and the formal route to arranged care and funding.
- Understand who paysThe means test, what happens to the home, and NHS Continuing Healthcare.
- How to read this ratingWhat the words mean, the five key questions, and why the date matters.
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- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-2200404660
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 8 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.