





1st Homecare Solutions Ltd takes pride in delivering a friendly and reliable service, available in the Leighton Buzzard, Dunstable and nearby villages in Bedfordshire and in parts of Buckinghamshire.
In October 2025 it was awarded the much coveted 'Outstanding' rating by the Care Quality Commission. Only 3% of care providers are awarded this rating demonstrating the high standards of care delivered from this branch each and every day.
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Care Provided by 1st Homecare Solutions Ltd
Types of Home Care
- Visiting Care
- Live-in Care
- 24 Hour Care
- Overnight Care (Waking)
Minimum Visit Duration (Visiting Care)
- 30 minutes
Contract Durations
- Ongoing / Long Term
- Respite / Short Term
Age Ranges
- Older Person Care (65+)
- Younger Adult Care (18-65)
Personal Care Services
- Washing & Dressing
- Toileting Assistance
- Medication Assistance (Oral)
- Companionship
- Continence Care
- Feeding & Drinking Assistance
Household Services
- Cleaning Service
- Food Preparation & Serving
- Laundry Service
- Shopping Service / Errands
- Transportation Service
Other Care Provided
- Dementia
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Cancer Care
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- Learning Disability / Autism
- Mental Health Condition
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
- Alcohol / Drug Misuse
- Hospital Discharge
Funding & Fees
Daily Charges per Person
- Hourly Visiting Care Fees: from £36
Contact 1st Homecare Solutions Ltd to get a personalised quote:
Funding Types Accepted
- Private Funding (Self-funded)
- Direct Payments (from Local Authority/NHS)
- Local Authority (Contracted Provider)
- NHS (Contracted Provider)
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Good to Know
Group/Owner
- 1st Homecare Group
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Helen Backhouse (Registered Manager)
1st Homecare Solutions Ltd Reviews (67)
1st Homecare Solutions Ltd has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.606) out of 10, based on 9 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time 1st Homecare Solutions Ltd has 67 reviews.
1st Homecare have been providing care for my husband for several years and we have always found them to be very caring and helpful. All the staff, from the managers, office staff and the carers are good at responding to queries or concerns and make us feel supported.
Thank you for this review. I am pleased to hear you feel supported by all the Leighton Buzzard team. Carers and office staff are very fond of you both. It has been a pleasure to look after your husband and get to know you over the years.
All of the Carers at 1st Homecare Solutions are the best we have ever experienced. The office staff are so polite and friendly too and it seems nothing is too much trouble.
I bless the day we found this company because it has made a world of difference to my Dad.
Many thanks for this review. I am very proud of the team in Leighton Buzzard and all the good work that they do. I am very pleased to hear that the care from us has made a world of difference to your Dad and in turn, yourself.
I have passed your compliments to the team in the office and will make sure Dads carer is aware of this kind review. Thank you
Although personal care for my wife was tried earlier this year, it stopped due to resistance from her. The primary care worker was very good but still unable to make a breakthrough. I am now using the sitting service and the regular worker is engaging with my wife well. The care company has been helpful and flexible meeting my carer needs. Communication is good.
Thank you for this review. I am pleased to hear all is going well and that the care and support we provide is working well for you and your wife.
All carers arrive promptly, they are polite and respectful. My husband enjoys their company and is able to spend time, chatting and playing board games, also doing jigsaws. He needs to spend time with different people and these visits stimulate his mind and helps his memory.
The management team are excellent, responding quickly to any request, helping with any difficulties. Always pleasant and organised.
Thank you for this review, it is always lovely to hear the positive comments from our clients and their families, I am pleased we are able to support your husband with this social time and I hope you feel the positive outcome of our carers visits.
Then I had a carer at teatime who said she had never trained at all Conveens, on a mannequin nor on a person. This was resulted that the need to change it at bedtime caused us to change the carer. And now I discover she is scheduled to 'service' me for a change of Conveens a week later. I hope we can sort something this time.
Mum's team is phenomenal - kind, thorough, thoughtful and attentive.
One staff member in particular always makes mum feel heard!
My mother passed in March of this year and I cannot thank 1st Homecare enough for the help and support my Mother received from them, in those years. They came in four times a day to help with my mother's personal needs and I found they were also a support to me, as caring for a loved one, who is slowly deteriorating can be emotional.
1st Homecare is very professional, supportive, and caring and when they came into the house it was like welcoming friends. I would highly recommend 1st Homecare Solutions.
Thank you for a wonderful review, it has been our absolute pleasure to support you and your mother over the years.
My Brother has Autism plus other health issues. The Carers always treat him with kindness and are mindful of his needs, including administering pills and checking his wellness.
When you phone the 1st Homecare team, each member is polite and friendly, always efficient and flexible. A very professional, helpful, and friendly service.
Thank you for an amazing review, we do our very best to accommodate and adjust to changing requirements.
a week. The carers I have I have come across whilst down at my dad’s, generally do care for my dad.
The management staff I have found are excellent, providing a professional and friendly service, but also there has a personal touch which is so important to me and I have built up a good relationship them and have been so patient with me when chopping and changing days of the carers when I can get down to my dads in the week.
I would not want any other company other than 1st Home Care looking after my dad.
Many Thanks.
Thank you for such a wonderful review, it is a great pleasure to support your dad and can adapt to the changing requirements.
Dad has mobility issues and couldn’t live on his own, so we needed help as we both work full time - my husband works from home.
I looked at reviews of carers online and got in touch with 1st Homecare.
I have found them caring, helpful, professional and friendly. The care my dad gets is outstanding from all the carers he sees, and if I need any help or advice, I can always call.
Thank you for a glowing review; it is our pleasure to support your father. We pride ourselves on providing a high standard of care and are pleased to see this reflected in your review.
The carers provide a consistently high level of care and support. They work hard and also take time to have a chat with my mother so that she feels cared for and supported. They are always courteous and friendly.
Thank you for such kind words, it has been a great pleasure supporting your parents.
You know when you are in good hands when a service provider steps up when the unexpected happens. 1st Homecare Solutions adapted when a crisis occurred with my mother and we were on holiday. The additional support they gave to Mum and ourselves meant she was happy and safe and we could return to enjoying our respite break without worry. When you care for people long term, stress-free time is worth its weight in gold. We will therefore continue to use 1st Homecare Solutions hopefully long into the future.
We pride ourselves not just on the quality of care and carers that we provide but also on the backup that the office staff can provide when complications arise. Great to see this being acknowledged.
My mother-in-law receives weekly companionship visits from 1st Homecare, they have been very successful especially because they are able to provide a carer that speaks her mother tongue. My mother-in-law has built a great rapport with the carer and really enjoys being able to communicate in her own language.
Thank you for a lovely review, it is a great pleasure to be able to support your mother-in-law this way.
My mum has two visits per day and the carers who visit her on a regular basis are brilliant, they are always polite caring and respectful. My Mum has dementia but they are always mindful of this when speaking to her.
Thank you for such kind words, it is a pleasure looking after you mum.
Mum had carers from a different care company for four years but at the point when she needed additional care, they were unable to provide it. 1st Homecare stepped in at very short notice and initially provided one carer, twice a day. Mum's requirements increased rapidly and at every point 1st Homecare were able to accommodate the changes and increased the number of carers and frequency of visits in line with Mum's needs. This ultimately involved two carers, four times a day. This was a huge comfort to me as I felt the staff genuinely cared about the service they provided and wanted Mum to be comfortable and have dignity in the last few weeks of her life. Nothing was too much trouble, changes to requirements were always doable, communication was first rate. All the carers were excellent. Kind, cheerful, compassionate and all treated Mum as an individual. 1st Homecare can be very proud of the service they provide.
Thank you for such a wonderful review, it was a pleasure to look after Mum.
Obviously, there are rare blips and also sometimes shortages, as per the national issue and most, but overall good.
We have been using this service for a few months and have been very satisfied with it. The care comprises giving my husband a light lunch, taking care of any needs he has and talking to him when he’s not dozing. He enjoys the variety of nationalities he meets.
From the initial meeting and assessment, Mum and I felt like she would have company and people who genuinely care about each client.
She likes all her carers and has said how kind they are. We can also already tell that she is enjoying some company twice a day and is happier and calmer knowing someone is popping in to make her food, get tablets out, make a cuppa, check the TV etc.
Communication has been spot on, with helpful advice, weekly rotas and information updates via the app (easy to use). Nothing is too much trouble and can be tailored to what you need.
We’re very happy with 1st Homecare’s service and it’s a huge relief to know they are making sure our Mum is ok every day.
Many thanks for your kind words and good to hear that you feel that your Mum is receiving great care.
They are very professional and so friendly and genuine. I would happily recommend them to anyone looking to have that extra support and care for their elderly loved ones. First-class care from 1st Homecare!
Thank you for a lovely review, it is a real joy to look after your mum.
1st Homecare Solutions have been taking care of my sister for almost a year now. She is housebound, partially sighted with very poor mobility and struggles with day-to-day activities. Having always been a proud and independent woman, it was hard for her at first to accept the help she really needed. The staff at 1st Homecare have made it possible for her to remain in her own home where she feels safe and well cared for and she now looks forward to their visits each day. From my part, as her sister living over 100 miles away, I take comfort in knowing that she is being looked after so well by such a professional and hard-working team of people and having met a number of them during my visits to her I am in awe of their dedication and desire to do their best for their clients. Credit also to the office staff who respond to any concerns I may have promptly and efficiently. Nothing has ever been too much trouble for them. I can't thank them enough on behalf of myself and my sister.
Thank you for such a wonderful review, it is a pleasure to look after your sister.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 11 September 2025- Caring Outstanding
- Effective Good
- Responsive Outstanding
- Safe Good
- Well-led Good
Inspection ratings
We rate most services according to how safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led they are, using four levels:
- Outstanding - The service is performing exceptionally well.
- Good - The service is performing well and meeting our expectations.
- Requires Improvement - The service isn't performing as well as it should and we have told the service how it must improve.
- Inadequate - The service is performing badly and we've taken action against the person or organisation that runs it.
- Not rated - we have not yet rated this area of the service, this is normally because the assessments we have carried out have been focused on other key questions.
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Awards / Recognitions (7)
- Recipient: 1st Homecare GroupDate: Friday 30 May 2025
- Recipient: 1st Homecare GroupDate: Friday 31 May 2024
- Recipient: 1st Homecare Solutions LtdDate: Thursday 21 Sep 2023
Meet the Team (2)
Annabella has been a director for over 10 years and is passionate about providing great care for our lovely clients. She takes responsibility for all training and compliance standards across the Group.
In her spare time, she is an accomplished member of a local choir called the Aylesbury Consort of Voices.
I have worked for 1st Homecare (including times when it had a different name) for over 25 years. I am passionate about care and will always do my very best to ensure that our lovely clients are well looked after.
Frequently Asked Questions about 1st Homecare Solutions Ltd
How many Carers does 1st Homecare Solutions Ltd employ?
1st Homecare Solutions Ltd employs 25 carers.
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