Home Care in Leigh

Leigh has 56 CQC registered home care agencies. 31 are rated Good, 2 Outstanding, 3 Requires improvement, and 20 have not yet been rated. 28 of the 56 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Leigh at a glance

What the local numbers say about home care in Leigh, to help you judge the options below.

  • Hourly care visits, South East: £28.00 to £36.96 an hour. Middle half of prices from 24 agencies.
  • People aged 75 and over: 15,400. Rising to 18,700 by 2035, up 21%
  • Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,000. Rising to 2,600 by 2035, up 30%
  • People aged 85 and over: 4,400. Rising to 6,700 by 2035, up 52%
  • Dementia diagnosis rate: 64%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Hampshire as a whole is 64%.
  • Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 1 opened, 2 closed. 32 registered today.
  • Choice of agencies: 200 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.4 miles).

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What home care in Leigh actually looks like and how to judge it

Home care is built around visits. A carer arrives at agreed times to help someone get up, wash and dress, take medication, prepare a meal or settle for the night, then leaves. It suits people who are largely safe on their own between calls and who would rather stay where their memories, neighbours and routines already are.

Deciding what support is actually needed

Rather than starting with a list of agencies, start with the day itself. Which parts of it go wrong, and at what hour. Morning calls are the ones most in demand, evening calls the hardest to staff, and medication often has to happen at fixed times to be any use. Take that pattern to each agency and ask directly whether it can cover those slots week in and week out, because plenty of arrangements fail on timing rather than on the quality of the carers.

The questions that reveal how an agency runs

Ask how many different carers will come over a fortnight and how the rota protects continuity. Ask what happens when someone calls in sick, whether travel time between visits is built into the schedule, and how much notice you are given when a call will be late. Ask who answers the telephone at nine on a Sunday evening, how care plans are reviewed and what training carers receive for the specific conditions involved. Hesitant answers to any of these tell you something worth knowing.

Making use of the inspection record

Two of the agencies here are rated Outstanding and thirty are rated Good, with four rated Requires Improvement and twenty not yet rated. Where a report exists, look at what inspectors said about responsiveness and leadership, since late or missed calls show up there before anywhere else. Where an agency has no rating, ask when it registered, how many clients it currently supports and whether it can put you in touch with families already using it.

Getting assessed and working out the cost

Care at home can be bought privately without involving anyone else, but an assessment from the local authority is still worth requesting, because it records formally what support has been identified and is the route to any funding.

Requesting a care needs assessment

Every adult who appears to need care and support can have a free assessment, whatever their savings. Ask Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council Adult Social Care, which is responsible for assessments and funded support in this area, to arrange one. A practitioner will go through washing and dressing, mobility, memory, medication, meals and safety around the house, and will write down the support they have identified. Anyone providing that care already should ask for a carer's assessment of their own at the same time.

Charges, contributions and small print

A financial assessment weighs income, savings and capital against nationally set thresholds to decide whether the authority pays towards support at home. Costs usually follow the number and length of visits each week, so the weekly total shifts as the pattern changes. Ask for rates in writing, including weekends and bank holidays, and check how much notice is needed to reduce or stop the service. It is also worth asking what happens if a visit is missed and how that is credited.

56 home care in Leigh (showing 1–50)

  1. Blue Sapphire Care · Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire · CQC Good
  2. Dobsons House · Rayleigh, Essex · CQC Good
  3. Kind Care Agency · Rayleigh, Essex
  4. Sapphire Homecare · Leigh, Wigan
  5. Office · Rayleigh, Essex
  6. Sagecare (Fernhill Court) · Eastleigh, Hampshire
  7. Elmbridge · Cranleigh, Surrey · CQC Good
  8. Holistic Healthcare · Leigh-on-sea, Southend-on-Sea
  9. Voyage (DCA) · Eastleigh, Hampshire
  10. Your Life · Eastleigh, Hampshire · CQC Good
  11. re-vite Healthcare Solutions · Leigh, Wigan
  12. Ashwood Care · Leigh, Wigan · CQC Good
  13. Healing Hands Care Solutions · Leigh, Wigan
  14. Bishopstoke Park · Eastleigh, Hampshire · CQC Requires improvement
  15. Green Arrow Homecare · Cranleigh, Surrey · CQC Good
  16. Smart Choice Healthcare · Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire · CQC Good
  17. Unity Care Specialists · Eastleigh, Hampshire
  18. Home Care Essex · Leigh-on-sea, Southend-on-Sea · CQC Good
  19. Excel Care Management Services · Leigh, Wigan · CQC Requires improvement
  20. Lopen Care Agency · Eastleigh, Hampshire
  21. Pinewood Home Care · Budleigh Salterton, Devon · CQC Good
  22. Bright Care · Cranleigh, Surrey · CQC Good
  23. Caremark (Winchester &) · Eastleigh, Hampshire · CQC Good
  24. Cherish UK · Leigh, Wigan · CQC Good
  25. 71 Lawn Road · Eastleigh, Hampshire
  26. Sagecare (Surrey Court) · Eastleigh, Hampshire · CQC Requires improvement
  27. Allerton C&S SC · Eastleigh, Hampshire · CQC Good
  28. Swanton Community Services – Southampton · Eastleigh, Hampshire · CQC Good
  29. Stanford Wellbeing · Leigh-on-sea, Southend-on-Sea · CQC Good
  30. Newday Healthcare Professionals · Leigh-on-sea, Southend-on-Sea · CQC Good
  31. Care Connected · Leigh-on-sea, Southend-on-Sea · CQC Good
  32. Proactive Medicare · Rayleigh, Essex · CQC Good
  33. Lantern Care Services · Cranleigh, Surrey · CQC Good
  34. Imagine Act And Succeed - 110 Chapel Street · Leigh, Wigan · CQC Good
  35. DC Homecare · Buckfastleigh, Devon · CQC Good
  36. Nurseplus · Rayleigh, Essex
  37. Medical Partnerships · Rayleigh, Essex · CQC Good
  38. Liv Healthy Care · Leigh-on-sea, Southend-on-Sea
  39. Guardian Angel Carers & Hedge End · Eastleigh, Hampshire
  40. One Community · Eastleigh, Hampshire · CQC Good
  41. Leigh Court Centre · Abbots Leigh, North Somerset · CQC Good
  42. Right at Home - Mid · Eastleigh, Hampshire · CQC Outstanding
  43. Axis Care Group · Leigh, Wigan
  44. Brooks Care and Nursing Services · Rayleigh, Essex · CQC Good
  45. Sagecare (Rowan Court) · Eastleigh, Hampshire
  46. Voss Care Group · Cranleigh, Surrey
  47. Brendoncare Knightwood Mews · Eastleigh, Hampshire · CQC Good
  48. Bubble Care Group · Leigh, Wigan
  49. Unit 3 Mini Clipper House · Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire
  50. 1st Homecare Solutions · Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire · CQC Outstanding

What home care costs

Type of careWhat it costs
Hourly care visits, South East Middle half of prices from 24 agencies. Median £32.92. Shown for South East because too few Hampshire agencies publish a rate.£28.00 to £36.96 an hour
What Hampshire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.£25.90 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.

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Frequently asked questions about home care in Leigh

How many home care agencies are there in Leigh?

Leigh has 56 CQC registered home care agencies: 2 Outstanding, 31 Good, 3 Requires improvement, 20 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 Leigh?

Hourly care visits, South East: £28.00 to £36.96 an hour. Middle half of prices from 24 agencies. Median £32.92. Shown for South East because too few Hampshire 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 Leigh were inspected most recently?

Newday Healthcare Professionals Ltd (17 September 2026), Your Life (Eastleigh) (28 July 2026) and Novus Care Limited - Surrey (28 May 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.

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