First Choice Home Care (Halesworth)
25 Market Place, Halesworth, IP19 8AY · Suffolk · East of England
Community based adult social care services · operated by First Choice Home Care Ltd
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but the rating is 2 years old, and 2 of this operator's 3 rated homes are below Good.
- Age of rating
- 2 years old — published 24 Nov 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 2 of 3 of First Choice Home Care Ltd's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Good | 24 Nov 2023 |
| Effective | Good | 24 Nov 2023 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 9 Mar 2019 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 9 Mar 2019 |
| Well-led | Good | 24 Nov 2023 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 2 other locations
Other active services registered to First Choice Home Care Ltd. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| First Choice Home Care | Requires improvement22 Apr 2025 | Norfolk |
| First Choice Home Care (Norwich) | Requires improvement24 Jun 2025 | Norfolk |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 9 Feb 2018
- Service type
- Community based adult social care services
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-4707843133
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.