Our Careline annual report
Careline annual report January 2023 – December 2023
The Careline service helps residents live longer, independently, in their own homes.
Many vulnerable people, particularly those living alone, need to be able to call for help in an emergency. Harrow Careline provides this valuable service via the simple press of a button. This provides reassurance to both service users and their relatives.
Harrow Careline is affordable and of a high quality. It delivers the service within the framework of Telecare Services Association. The service is accredited by Telecare Services Association and audited and certified against the Quality Standards Framework.
Our performance
- Speed of answering calls within 60 seconds - 97.29% of total of 139,140 calls answered
- Speed of installation for urgent referrals within 2 days - 95.00%
- Speed of installation for non-urgent referrals within 15 days - 97.00%
- Speed of responding to emergencies - we arrived within 45 minutes on site for 93.01% of our call-outs
- Speed of dealing with maintenance and repairs - 95.00% critical repairs completed within a day and 100% within 5 days
Volumes of calls and visits handled by our Community Alarm Officers
- Calls answered - 139,140
- Emergency responses to our clients - 378
- Maintenance and repairs - 311
- Installations - 472
Customer Satisfaction surveys 2023
We sent out over 500 customer satisfaction surveys; 260 service users replied. We are delighted 97% of our clients are satisfied with the service.