Home Care in March
March has 5 CQC registered home care agencies. 4 are rated Good, and 1 has not yet been rated. 4 of the 5 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
March at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in March, 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: 13,000. Rising to 15,200 by 2035, up 17%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,700. Rising to 2,100 by 2035, up 26%
- People aged 85 and over: 3,400. Rising to 5,100 by 2035, up 49%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 63%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Cambridgeshire as a whole is 60%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 0 opened, 0 closed. 16 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 17 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.6 miles).
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Choosing a home care agency in March
Start from the shape of the week, not the hourly rate
Good home care stands or falls on whether the right person arrives at roughly the right time, so begin by mapping what is actually needed: which parts of the day are difficult, how long each call realistically takes, and whether anything is needed at night. The five agencies matching this search in March will each propose a package from that picture. Ask how long their calls are in practice rather than on paper, and whether a fifteen minute visit is ever used for personal care, since that single answer tells you a good deal about how an agency is run.
Continuity is the thing to interrogate
Ask how many different care workers would come in a typical fortnight and who covers sickness and holidays. Ask whether the rota is shared with the household in advance and what the agency does when a call is going to be late. Four of these providers are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and one is not yet rated, so the ratings will not do much sorting for you. The reports themselves carry the detail, setting out findings on whether a service is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led, and for home care the safe and responsive sections usually speak directly to missed and late calls.
Questions worth asking at the assessment visit
When an agency comes to assess, ask who will write the care plan and how often it is reviewed. Ask how medication support is recorded, what training staff receive for the specific conditions involved, and how concerns raised by the family are logged and answered. Ask what notice either side must give, and whether the agency can increase support at short notice if someone comes out of hospital needing more help than before.
Arranging support and understanding the cost
The care needs assessment
Anyone who appears to need care and support can request a care needs assessment, and Cambridgeshire County Council holds the duty to carry one out. It is free and is not means tested, a relative may ask for it on someone's behalf, and a GP, district nurse or hospital discharge team can refer. The written outcome records which needs are eligible and is worth having even where a family expects to pay privately, because an agency then starts from a clear account of what is required. A relative providing regular unpaid help can request a carer's assessment at the same time.
Who pays, and how a budget is spent
A financial assessment follows, weighing capital and income against the national thresholds. Where capital falls below the upper limit the council contributes towards the cost of care at home and the person pays an assessed amount; above it the support is funded privately, although the council can still be asked to arrange it. Funded support may be offered as a personal budget taken as a direct payment, which lets a household choose its own agency rather than accept an allocated one. Ask every agency for written hourly rates, including what is charged at weekends and bank holidays, and how travel time and mileage are treated.
5 home care in March
- Affinity Trust Domiciliary Care Agency East · MJS House, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0BA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Affinity Trust
We at Affinity Trust Domiciliary Care Agency East are proud to provide compassionate home care across March and the wider Cambridgeshire community, supporting adults to live well and independently in the place they know best: their own...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability - Mencap - Domiciliary Care Agency · 30 Gaul Road, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 9RF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Royal Mencap Society
We are the Mencap domiciliary care team in March, supporting adults with a learning disability or autism in their own homes across this part of Cambridgeshire. We also support some older people, and a good number of the people we work with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Doddington Court · Benwick Road, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0UG
Home care · Run by Mears Extra Care Limited
Here at Doddington Court, we provide home care to people living in March, Cambridgeshire and the surrounding area, supporting individuals to remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes for as long as they choose to do so. We...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Jubilee Court · Jubilee Court, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 9BH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mears Extra Care Limited
Jubilee Court provides care and support in people's own homes across March and the surrounding parts of Cambridgeshire. Our work is to help people stay where they are settled, with support that fits their life rather than rearranging it....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Anglian Care and Domestic Support Services · M J S House, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0BA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Anglian Care and Domestic Support Services Limited
Anglian Care and Domestic Support provides care in people's own homes in March and the surrounding parts of Cambridgeshire. Most people would far rather stay where they are than move, and our work is to make that a safe and dependable...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, 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 Cambridgeshire agencies publish a rate. | £26.00 to £34.30 an hour |
| What Cambridgeshire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £24.32 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
- Anglian Care and Domestic Support Services Limited, 3 October 2019, Good
- Jubilee Court, 3 July 2019, Good
- Affinity Trust Domiciliary Care Agency East, 20 October 2018, Good
Longest since a report
- Mencap - March Domiciliary Care Agency, 10 October 2017, Good
- Affinity Trust Domiciliary Care Agency East, 20 October 2018, Good
- Jubilee Court, 3 July 2019, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in March
How many home care agencies are there in March?
March has 5 CQC registered home care agencies: 4 Good, 1 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 March?
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 Cambridgeshire 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 March were inspected most recently?
Anglian Care and Domestic Support Services Limited (3 October 2019), Jubilee Court (3 July 2019) and Affinity Trust Domiciliary Care Agency East (20 October 2018) have the most recent CQC reports.