Published assessment coverage
This record supplies a rating for 5 assessment areas: Safe, Effective, Responsive, Well-led, Caring. These are the source regulator's individual categories; they have not been converted into a new combined score.
Free Spirit Support Service
Home care in Retford. Regulated by CQC.
Requires improvement
Last inspected about 4 years ago
Last inspected 2021-12-25
This rating was inherited from a previous registration rather than earned at a fresh inspection.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Safe | Requires improvement |
| Effective | Requires improvement |
| Responsive | Requires improvement |
| Well-led | Requires improvement |
| Caring | Good |
Details
- Type of care
- Home care
- Address
- 133 Moorgate, Retford, DN22 6RS
- Registered provider
- Free Spirit Support Services Ltd
- Registered manager
- Morris, Ashley
- Registered since
- 2023-08-09
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Constituency
- Bassetlaw
- Regulator record
- View on cqc.org.uk
Evidence and freshness
This is a permanent CareFacts record built from the service’s regulator identifier. It is evidence from the public register, not a recommendation or a live vacancy check.
- CareFacts record ID
e1-17035566575- Regulator location ID
1-17035566575- Current source release
- CQC active locations, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2021-12-25
A newer source release may change the registration, operator, capacity or rating shown here. CareFacts preserves the identifier so future real changes can be compared once more than one compatible snapshot exists.
Who this service is for
- Dementia
- Older People
- Physical Disability
- Caring for adults over 65 yrs
- Physical disabilities
Other home care agencies in Nottinghamshire
Alternatives have the same recorded care type and local authority. Ordered by approximate straight-line proximity; the distances are not road or walking routes. Ratings are shown as evidence, not used as a recommendation. Availability and fees need a direct check.
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Outstanding Last inspected about 7 years ago
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