How is a care needs assessment arranged in the East Midlands?

Contact the adult social care team at the local authority covering the address where your relative lives and ask for a care needs assessment. Anyone who appears to need support is entitled to one regardless of income or savings, and you can make the request on a relative's behalf. A practitioner will look at daily tasks, mobility, medication and safety before setting out what support would meet the need. A financial assessment follows separately to establish who pays.

Will the local authority contribute towards home care?

It may, depending on the results of the needs assessment and the financial assessment taken together. The local authority applies the national means test, so capital above the upper threshold means funding care privately, while capital below it can bring a contribution. Where care is funded, a direct payment is often available so that you can choose the agency rather than accept an arranged service. Attendance allowance sits outside the means test and can be claimed alongside any of these arrangements.

Which agencies deliver home care across the East Midlands?

One thousand four hundred and twenty one agencies registered to provide care in people's own homes are listed for the East Midlands. They include national providers running local branches as well as small independent agencies covering only a few towns. Coverage is the first thing to check, since registration in the region does not guarantee that an agency's rounds reach a particular address. Every entry links to a profile showing the Care Quality Commission rating and the findings behind it.

How does home care compare with moving into a residential or nursing home?

Home care brings a carer to the door for planned visits while your relative stays in their own house with their routine and possessions intact. A residential home provides accommodation with support available through the day and night, and a nursing home adds registered nurses on site for clinical needs. Home care works well where support is needed at predictable points in the day and can be increased gradually. Where someone needs supervision around the clock, a residential setting is usually more realistic.

How early should a family start looking for an agency?

A few weeks generally allows enough time to compare agencies, arrange an assessment and let a package begin gently rather than all at once. Starting early also leaves room to trial a small number of visits and build from there as needs become clearer. Where care is needed on discharge from hospital the timescale shortens to days, and a temporary package may be arranged for you. Nothing about that first arrangement is permanent, so treat it as a starting point rather than a final decision.

What should I ask an agency before agreeing to a care package?

Ask how many different carers will come in a typical fortnight and whether the same people return, because continuity affects the experience more than any other factor. Ask how late or missed calls are handled and whether the family is notified at the time. Ask how visits are logged, whether relatives can see the records, and how medication is documented. Ask about minimum call lengths, notice periods and any charges for travel or bank holidays, and ask for the answers in writing.

Home Care in the East Midlands

The East Midlands has 1,440 CQC registered home care agencies. 623 are rated Good, 44 Outstanding, 123 Requires improvement, 3 Inadequate, and 647 have not yet been rated. 628 of the 1,440 were last inspected more than three years ago.

Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.

East Midlands at a glance

What the local numbers say about home care across East Midlands, adding up every council in the region.

Hourly care visits, East Midlands: £30.58 to £32.23 an hour. Middle half of prices from 7 agencies.
People aged 75 and over: 520,000. Rising to 605,000 by 2035, up 16%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 67,000. Rising to 84,000 by 2035, up 26%
People aged 85 and over: 132,000. Rising to 198,000 by 2035, up 50%
Agencies in East Midlands, last 12 months: 35 opened, 73 closed

Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.

Arranging and funding care at home in the East Midlands

Ask for an assessment early

It is worth requesting a care needs assessment early, even where you fully expect to pay for everything yourselves. Anyone who appears to need care and support is entitled to one whatever their income or savings, and a family member can make the request on someone's behalf. A practitioner from the local authority will look at washing, dressing, meals, medication, mobility and safety, then set out in writing what support would meet the need. That written record is useful well beyond the funding question, because it gives you something concrete to hand to any agency you approach. A relative providing unpaid support can request a carer's assessment of their own at the same time.

Who pays, and for what

Care at home is charged by the hour, with shorter calls priced proportionately and higher rates common at weekends, on bank holidays and overnight. A financial assessment applies the national means test to work out what the local authority contributes, and anyone holding capital above the upper threshold arranges and funds care privately. Where support is funded, it may be provided as an arranged service or as a direct payment, which lets you choose the agency yourself and keep control of the rota. Attendance allowance is worth claiming alongside all of this, because it is not means tested and does not depend on savings. Ask every agency for its full rate card in writing, including travel charges and the notice period, before agreeing a start date.

Choosing between home care agencies in the East Midlands

Coverage comes before comparison

An agency registered in the East Midlands is not necessarily an agency that will travel to your relative's street, and rounds are built around geography. Ask the coverage question in the first phone call, along with which time slots are genuinely available, because an agency that can only offer a late morning call when the need is at seven in the morning is not a real option. Work out first how many visits a day are needed, at what times, and what has to happen during each one. That single piece of preparation will cut a listing of this size down to a handful of names very quickly.

What a rating actually measures

The Care Quality Commission inspects a home care agency as an organisation rather than as a building, so its rating reflects recruitment and training, medication handling, how calls are scheduled and covered, and how complaints are answered. Agencies here are rated Outstanding, Good and Requires Improvement, and some hold no rating because they registered too recently to have been inspected. An unrated agency is not necessarily a weak one, but there is no independent view to rely on, so ask more searching questions and request references. Where a report exists, read the findings on safety and responsiveness rather than stopping at the summary word.

Questions to put to a manager

Ask how many different carers will visit in a typical fortnight, since continuity matters more day to day than almost anything else. Ask what happens when a carer is delayed or off sick, and whether the family is told. Ask how visits are recorded, whether relatives can see those records, and how medication support is signed off. Ask about minimum call lengths and how a package can be increased if needs change. A well run agency will answer every one of those without hesitation.

1,440 home care in the East Midlands (showing 1–50)

Integrity Care Agency · 6 Manitoba Road, Leicester, Leicester, LE1 2FT
Home care · Run by Integrity Care Agency Ltd
We are Integrity Care Agency, a home care agency supporting people across Leicester in their own homes. The people we visit have quite different reasons for needing us. Some are older and want to carry on living independently with help at...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Assisted Medicare Services · 35 Chaveney Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 8AB
Home care · Run by Assisted Medicare Services Limited
Assisted Medicare is a home care agency in Loughborough, supporting people in their own homes across Leicestershire. We work with older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia and people who have a physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Percurra North · Unit 4F, Hinckley Business Centre, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 2TP
Home care · Run by Evergreen Specialist Care Ltd
Percurra Leicestershire North provides support in people's own homes in Hinckley and the northern part of Leicestershire. The people we work with have a wide range of needs: adults living with dementia, people managing mental health...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Eating Disorders
Skyler Care · 37 Normanton Road, Derby, Derby, DE1 2GJ
Home care · Run by Skyler Care Ltd
Skyler Care is a home care agency in Derby, supporting people in their own homes across the city. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia, with people who have a learning disability, with autistic...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Home Fairy · 75 Copes Way, Derby, Derby, DE21 4NU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Home Fairy CIC
Home Fairy provides support at home for people in Derby and the surrounding area. Our work is practical and personal. A carer comes to your door at an agreed time and helps with whatever has been arranged, whether that is getting washed...
Creative Support - Service · Unit 7 Faraday Court, Leicester, Leicester, LE2 0JN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Creative Support Limited
Creative Support in Leicester provides support at home and in the community for adults who have a learning disability or autism and for people managing mental health conditions. Our purpose is to make ordinary life workable rather than to...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health
Concord Business Centre · Nottingham Road, Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 7FF
Home care · Run by BWL Social Care Limited
We provide care at home for people across Nottingham. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism, people with a physical disability...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Percurra · 2 Tresham Street, Kettering, North Northamptonshire, NN16 8RS
Home care · Run by North Northamptonshire Care Ltd
Percurra provides support at home for people in Kettering and across North Northamptonshire. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as younger adults, people with a learning disability or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Home not Hospital Central Region · Cumberland House, Nottingham, Nottingham, NG1 6EE
Home care · Run by Home not Hospital Ltd
Home not Hospital provides support at home for people in Nottingham and the surrounding region. We work with older people, younger adults and people who have a learning disability or autism, supporting them in their own homes. Our name...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults
Bluewood Healthcare · 95 London Road, Leicester, Leicester, LE2 0PF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Bluewood Recruitment Ltd
Bluewood Healthcare provides support at home for people in Leicester. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as people with a learning disability or autism, people with a physical disability...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability
A G Supply Solutions · 1 Union Street, Long Eaton Nottingham, Derbyshire, NG101HH
Home care · Run by A G Supply Solutions Ltd
A G Supply Solutions is a home care agency based in Long Eaton, supporting people in their own homes across this part of Derbyshire and the edge of Nottingham. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Dawn Healthcare Office · 30 Gainsford Road, Leicester, Leicester, LE5 0BU
Home care · Run by Dawn Healthcare Solutions Ltd
We at Dawn Healthcare welcome you to our home care agency based in Leicester, offering compassionate support that allows people across the city and surrounding areas to continue living comfortably in the place they know best: their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
WeCare Health and Support Services · Suite CO22 Concord House, Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 7AA
Home care · Run by WeCare Health & Support Services Ltd
WeCare Health and Support is a home care agency in Nottingham, supporting people in their own homes across the city. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia, with people who have mental health needs...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Brook of Life Care · 1 Tayside Close, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 3HB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Brook of Life Care Limited
Brook of Life Care provides support at home for people in Derby and across Derbyshire. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Bosworth Homecare Services · Unit 7a Woodhouse Business Centre, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 8ED
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Givecare
Bosworth Homecare provides support at home for people in Swadlincote and the surrounding part of Derbyshire. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as younger adults, people with a learning...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Home Instead · Unit 22, Derby, Derby, DE24 8AJ
Home care · Run by Derby Care (North) Limited
Home Instead Derby provides support at home for people in Derby and the surrounding area. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as younger adults, people with a physical disability and people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Access Care Group · 71 Chepstow Road, Corby, North Northamptonshire, NN18 8QQ
Home care · Run by Access Care Group Ltd
Access Care Group provides support at home for people in Corby and across North Northamptonshire. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as younger adults, people with a learning disability or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
RMR Services Main Office · 7 Sherwood Close, Corby, North Northamptonshire, NN17 2YH
Home care · Run by Rapid Medical Care Services Ltd
We provide support at home for people in Corby and across North Northamptonshire. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Jernice Care · Office A, Unit 1-6, Corby, North Northamptonshire, NN17 5XG
Home care · Run by Jernice Care Limited
Jernice Care is a home care agency in Corby, visiting older people and younger adults in their own homes across North Northamptonshire. Most of what we do looks unremarkable from outside. Helping somebody out of bed and into the day. A...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Visiting Angels · Ground Floor Annexe, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 6BH
Home care · Run by Grantham Home Care Limited
Visiting Angels Lincolnshire is a home care agency based in Grantham, supporting people in their own homes across Lincolnshire. We work with older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia and people who have a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
UK Care Staffing · Unit 11 Gower Street, Leicester, Leicester, LE1 3LJ
Home care · Run by UK Care Staffing Ltd
We provide care at home for people in Leicester, supporting them in their own houses and flats rather than asking them to move. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as younger adults, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Moore Care · The Old Court House Chambers, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6AY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Moore Care Limited
Moore Care provides care at home for people in Buxton and across the Derbyshire Peak District. Our carers come to you, and what they do during the visit is agreed with you rather than decided for you. The people we support include older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Tailored Care Services – Branch · Suite 16a-18, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 7TU
Home care · Run by Tailored Care Services Ltd
We are Tailored Care, and this is our team in Oakham, supporting people in their own homes across Rutland. Home care works best when it fits around a life that is already there, so we start by asking what someone actually wants help with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
PR Accurate Care · 121 Greenacres, Leicester, Leicester, LE4 3BR
Home care · Run by PR Accurate Care Limited
We provide care at home for people in Leicester, supporting them in the houses and flats they already know rather than asking them to move. Our visits go to older people, including many living with dementia, as well as younger adults,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Caring Circle · Fairdale House, Nottingham, Nottingham, NG8 5AB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Caring Circle Limited
At Caring Circle, we provide home care to people across Nottingham and the surrounding area, supporting individuals to live as independently and comfortably as possible in their own homes. We work with older adults, younger adults, and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Thera East Midlands · The West House, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7XT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Thera Trust
Thera East Midlands is a home care agency based in Grantham, supporting people in their own homes across Lincolnshire and the surrounding area. We work with adults who have a learning disability, with autistic people, with people who have...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Professional Healthcare Services · Office 125, Northampton, West Northamptonshire, NN4 7PA
Home care · Run by Professional Healthcare Services Limited
Professional Healthcare provides care and support to people in their own homes in Northampton and the surrounding area. We work with older people and with younger adults, and our experience covers dementia, mental health needs, physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Revive Care · Greenacres, Leicester, Leicester, LE4 3BR
Home care · Run by Revive Care Limited
Revive Care provides care and support to people in their own homes in Leicester and the surrounding area. We work with older people, and our experience covers dementia, learning disabilities and autism, mental health needs and physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability
Independent Living Caring For You At Home · Shardlow Hall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2GP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Independent Living Caring For You At Home Ltd
Independent Living Caring For You At Home provides care and support to people in their own homes in Derby and the surrounding area. We support older people and younger adults who need some help to carry on living where they are. The work...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Percurra · 117 Trent Boulevard, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG2 5BN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by PerCurra Limited
Percurra supports people in their own homes in Nottingham and the surrounding area. We work with older people and with younger adults, and our experience covers dementia, learning disabilities and autism, mental health needs, physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Cecil Home Care Services · Office 13, Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 7FN
Home care · Run by Cecil Home Care Services Limited
Cecil Home Care provides care and support to people in their own homes in Nottingham. We work with older people and with younger adults, and our experience covers dementia, mental health needs, physical disabilities, and sight and hearing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Bright Almond Care · 3rd Floor, Leicester, Leicester, LE1 1QZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Bright Almond Care Ltd
Bright Almond Care supports people in their own homes across Leicester. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people with a physical disability, people with visual or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Quality Care · 46 The Firs, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 1HE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Ashbourne Quality Care Ltd
Ashbourne Quality Care supports people in their own homes in Ashbourne and across this part of Derbyshire. We work with older people, people living with dementia, people living with mental ill health, adults with a physical disability,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Frapidi Care Services · 21 Hayton Road, Leicester, Leicester, LE5 1GS
Home care · Run by Frapidi Care Services Limited
Frapidi Care supports people in their own homes across Leicester. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with a physical disability and younger adults. Nearly everyone who contacts us wants to carry on living where...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Precious Community Care · 126 Roydene Crescent, Leicester, Leicester, LE4 0GP
Home care · Run by Precious Community Care Ltd
Precious Community Care supports people in their own homes across Leicester. Our work is with older adults, with people who have a physical disability, with people who are blind, partially sighted, deaf or hard of hearing, and with younger...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Optimum Care Services · Unit 1E, Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 3GY
Home care · Run by Optimum Care Services NOTTM Ltd
Optimum Care is a home care agency in Nottingham, supporting people in their own homes across the city. Our work is with older adults and with younger adults, and we keep those two things distinct rather than running everybody through the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
National Care Providers · 12 Riverside Chambers, Derby, Derby, DE1 3AF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by National Care Providers Ltd
National Care Providers is a home care agency working in Derby, supporting people in their own homes across the city. Our work is with people living with dementia, people with a learning disability, autistic people, people managing a...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability
Bridge Gate Homecare · 145 Loughborough Road, Leicester, Leicester, LE4 5LR
Home care · Run by Bridge Gate Homecare Limited
Bridge Gate Homecare supports people in their own homes across Leicester. We visit older adults, people with a learning disability, autistic people, people with a physical disability, and younger adults. Those are quite different kinds of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Home Instead Rugby · Snapethorpe House, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, LE17 4HN
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by SDS CARE Limited
Home Instead Rugby supports people in their own homes from our base in Lutterworth, covering the surrounding part of Leicestershire and the area around Rugby. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is outstanding....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Value Based Care · 138 Dillon Road, Leicester, Leicester, LE3 9PG
Home care · Run by Value Based Care Limited
Value Based Care provides home care across Leicester, supporting people in their own homes. Most of our work is with older adults, a good number living with dementia. We also support younger adults, people managing a mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Tender Loving Care at Home · Unit 4, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG4 3AA
Home care · Run by Tender Loving Care at Home Ltd
Tender Loving Care at Home supports people in their own homes across Nottingham and the surrounding county. Our work is with older adults and with younger adults, and we keep those two things distinct rather than running everybody through...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Gilead Healthcare Services · 55 Woods Lane, Derby, Derby, DE22 3UD
Home care · Run by Gilead Holding Ltd
Gilead Healthcare provides home care across Derby, supporting people in their own homes. The people we visit cover a wide range. Most are older adults, a good number living with dementia. We also support younger adults, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Radiant Support · 16 Belvoir Close, Corby, North Northamptonshire, NN18 8PL
Home care · Run by Radiant Support Limited
Radiant Support is a home care agency in Corby, supporting people in their own homes across North Northamptonshire. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with a physical disability and younger adults. Nearly...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
A2L Care Services · Suite 6, Leicester, Leicester, LE1 1WB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by A2L Care Services Limited
A2L Care supports people in their own homes across Leicester. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people living with mental ill health, people with a physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Elmich Care · S43 Moulton Park Business Centre, Northampton, West Northamptonshire, NN3 6AQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Elmich Care Ltd
Elmich Care Northampton supports people in their own homes across the town and the surrounding area. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people living with mental ill...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Inheritance Medical · 56 Barnsdale Road, Leicester, Leicester, LE4 1AR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Inheritance Medical Limited
Inheritance Medical supports people in their own homes across Leicester. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people living with mental ill health, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Carebank Healthcare · 400 Pavilion Drive, Northampton, West Northamptonshire, NN4 7PA
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Carebank Healthcare Limited
We provide care at home in Northampton and the surrounding area, supporting older people, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic people and people living with mental health conditions. Needs that varied...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health
Choice Support and Care Services · Office 5, Derby, Derby, DE24 8HY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Choice Support & Care Services Limited
Choice Support and Care works with people in their own homes across Derby. We support people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people with a physical disability, people with visual or hearing...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Domiciliary Care Services (UK) · 28 Knighton Road, Leicester, Leicester, LE2 3HH
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Domiciliary Care Services (UK) Limited
We are a domiciliary care agency in Leicester, supporting people in their own homes across the city. We work with older people, people living with dementia, people living with mental ill health, adults with a physical disability and people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Nationwide Care Services · The Old Maltings, Derby, Derby, DE1 1JQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Nationwide Care Services Ltd
Nationwide Care in Derby supports people in their own homes across the city. We work with people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people living with mental ill health, people with a physical...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment

What home care costs

Type of care	What it costs
Hourly care visits, East Midlands Middle half of prices from 7 agencies. Median £31.00.	£30.58 to £32.23 an hour
Homecare Association minimum price 2026 to 2027. The Association's estimate of the lowest price that covers the cost of delivering care. It is not a legal minimum.	£34.42 an hour
Live in care, England Middle half of prices from 62 agencies. Median £1,455.	£1,250 to £1,668 a week

Published prices come from agencies that publish rates, so treat them as a guide. Ask the agency for its own price. Powered by Orrery Intelligence.

Inspected most recently

Bateleur HC Ltd, 30 September 2026, Good
Sharon Brinkman Care Services Ltd, 29 September 2026, Good
Belvoir Home Care, 28 September 2026, Good

Longest since a report

Duncan Macmillan House (Trust Headquarters), 16 March 2012, Not yet rated
Ash Green Learning Disability Centre HQ, 19 May 2014, Not yet rated
Cera - Lincolnshire, 24 February 2017, Requires improvement

Frequently asked questions about home care in the East Midlands

How many home care agencies are there in the East Midlands?

the East Midlands has 1,440 CQC registered home care agencies: 44 Outstanding, 623 Good, 123 Requires improvement, 3 Inadequate, 647 not yet rated. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.

How much does home care cost in the East Midlands?

Hourly care visits, East Midlands: £30.58 to £32.23 an hour. Middle half of prices from 7 agencies. Median £31.00. Published prices come from agencies that publish rates, so treat them as a guide. Ask the agency for its own price.

Which home care agencies in the East Midlands were inspected most recently?

Bateleur HC Ltd (30 September 2026), Sharon Brinkman Care Services Ltd (29 September 2026) and Belvoir Home Care (28 September 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.