Home Care in Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth has 10 CQC registered home care agencies. 5 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, 2 Requires improvement, and 2 have not yet been rated. 5 of the 10 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Great Yarmouth at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Great Yarmouth, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, East of England: £26.00 to £34.30 an hour. Middle half of prices from 15 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 12,800. Rising to 14,400 by 2035, up 13%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,600. Rising to 2,000 by 2035, up 22%
- People aged 85 and over: 3,100. Rising to 4,500 by 2035, up 45%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 73%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Norfolk as a whole is 66%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 1 opened, 0 closed. 11 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 26 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is about 1 miles away (1.2 miles).
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Choosing a Home Care Agency in Great Yarmouth
What the Ratings Do and Do Not Tell You
Ten agencies covering Great Yarmouth are listed on this page. Five are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission, two are rated Requires Improvement and three carry no rating yet. Each of those single words is a summary of five separate judgements, covering whether an agency is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led, so two providers with matching ratings can be strong in quite different places. A Requires Improvement rating sometimes reflects gaps in record keeping, staff supervision or recruitment checks rather than poor care at the door, and the report will say which. Where an agency has no rating at all, it has simply not been inspected since it registered, which means the questions you ask directly carry more weight.
Continuity Matters More Than Anything
Once care is under way, the single thing families raise most often is not the hourly rate but how many different carers come through the door. A rota that changes every week means a person explains their routine over and over, and small changes in health are less likely to be noticed. Ask any agency how many carers a package of this size would typically involve over a fortnight, and what happens when a regular carer is on holiday or off sick. Ask whether visit times are guaranteed within a window and how the office lets families know when a call is running late.
Matching the Package to the Need
Home care is arranged as visits, so the shape of the package matters as much as the provider. A single morning call to help someone wash and dress is a very different arrangement from four visits a day covering meals, medication and settling at night. Some agencies also offer overnight or waking night support, and some do not, so it is worth asking early whether the provider can grow the package if needs increase. Ask who writes the care plan, how often it is reviewed, and what notice either side has to give if the arrangement is not working.
Arranging Care and Paying For It in Great Yarmouth
The Care Needs Assessment
Every family is entitled to ask for an assessment, and it costs nothing whatever their savings. Norfolk County Council is the authority responsible for carrying it out for people living in Great Yarmouth and for arranging any funded support that follows. The assessor looks at washing, dressing, meals, medication, mobility and safety around the house, and records how often help is needed and at which times of day. That written outcome gives agencies a clear brief to quote against, which is useful even when the family intends to pay privately.
What Home Care Costs
Because home care is charged by time, the weekly figure depends on the number of visits and their length. Short medication calls sit at the lower end, while several longer visits a day, or overnight cover, cost considerably more. A financial assessment establishes what the council will contribute, with capital above the national upper threshold generally meaning a person pays for their own care. Ask each agency for its rates in writing and check what applies at weekends, on bank holidays and for travel.
Direct Payments and Keeping Control
People who qualify for council support can often take it as a direct payment rather than accepting an agency chosen for them. That allows a family to select a provider from this list themselves while the funding follows the person. It brings a little more administration, but it keeps the choice of agency where most families want it.
10 home care in Great Yarmouth
- MaK Healthcare · 29 Hall Plain, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 2QD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by MaK Personnel Limited
We at MaK Healthcare are proud to provide compassionate home care across Great Yarmouth and the wider Norfolk area, supporting people to live well and safely within the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. As a home care agency, we...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Leaf Care Services - East and North · Eastern Branch, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 1QS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Leaf Care Services Ltd
At Leaf Care, based in Great Yarmouth, we provide home care across East and North Norfolk for people who want to remain living in their own homes with the right support around them. We work with a wide range of people, including older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - One to One Home Care Agency · 199 High Street, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 6RR
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by One To One Home Care Agency Limited
At One to One Home Care Agency, we support people across Great Yarmouth and the wider Norfolk area to live comfortably and independently in their own homes. We believe that familiar surroundings matter, and that the right support at the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Personal Assistant Services East · Personal Assistant Services East, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 0LJ
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Independence Matters C.I.C.
We provide personal assistants and care at home to people across Great Yarmouth and the surrounding part of Norfolk. The personal assistant model puts the person in charge, and we like it for that reason. Support is arranged around what...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Bluebird Care East Suffolk, and Lowestoft · Beacon Innovation Centre, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 7RA
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Loved Ones Home Care Ltd
Here at Bluebird Care East Suffolk, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, we provide home care across Great Yarmouth and the surrounding areas of Norfolk, supporting people to live well in the place they know best — their own home. We work with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - WSB Care · The Priory 1011, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 1NW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by WSB Care Ltd
We provide care at home in Great Yarmouth and the surrounding part of Norfolk, supporting people who want to go on living in their own houses. We start with a conversation about how somebody lives and what has become hard, because care at...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - INA Healthcare · Beacon Innovation Centre, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 7RA
Home care · Run by INA Healthcare Limited
We at INA Healthcare are proud to offer home care across Great Yarmouth, bringing compassionate, personalised support directly to people in the comfort of their own homes throughout Norfolk and the wider NR postcode area. As a home care...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - Fuchsia Homecare Gorleston · Yarmouth Business Park, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 0LN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Caring Angels Ltd
Fuchsia Homecare Gorleston provides care and support to people in their own homes in Great Yarmouth, Gorleston and the surrounding part of Norfolk. The people we work with include older people, younger adults, people living with dementia,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Nightingale Homecare (Gorleston) · 74 High Street, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 6RQ
Home care · Run by Nightingale Homecare Suffolk Ltd
Nightingale Homecare in Gorleston supports people in their own homes across Great Yarmouth and the surrounding part of Norfolk. We visit older people, adults living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, those with sight or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - NCC First Support - Eastern · Northgate Hospital, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 1BU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Norfolk County Council
We provide care and support to people in their own homes in Great Yarmouth and the eastern part of Norfolk. The people we work with are older people, younger adults and people with physical disabilities who want to carry on living at home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, East of England Middle half of prices from 15 agencies. Median £31.88. Shown for East of England because too few Norfolk agencies publish a rate. | £26.00 to £34.30 an hour |
| What Norfolk pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £26.50 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
- Bluebird Care East Suffolk, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, 29 September 2026, Outstanding
- WSB Care Ltd, 27 April 2026, Good
- NCC First Support - Eastern, 31 March 2025, Good
Longest since a report
- One to One Home Care Agency LTD, 16 March 2019, Requires improvement
- Personal Assistant Services East, 28 June 2019, Requires improvement
- Fuchsia Homecare Gorleston, 31 July 2019, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Great Yarmouth
How many home care agencies are there in Great Yarmouth?
Great Yarmouth has 10 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 5 Good, 2 Requires improvement, 2 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 Great Yarmouth?
Hourly care visits, East of England: £26.00 to £34.30 an hour. Middle half of prices from 15 agencies. Median £31.88. Shown for East of England because too few Norfolk agencies publish a rate. 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 Great Yarmouth were inspected most recently?
Bluebird Care East Suffolk, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft (29 September 2026), WSB Care Ltd (27 April 2026) and NCC First Support - Eastern (31 March 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.