How do I arrange a care needs assessment in North Yorkshire?

Contact North Yorkshire Council and ask for an adult social care needs assessment, which is free to everyone. The request can come from the person needing help, from a relative, or from a GP or hospital ward on their behalf. A practitioner will talk through the daily tasks that have become difficult and measure them against the national eligibility criteria. If the needs qualify, the council sets out the support required and explains what happens next.

Will North Yorkshire Council pay towards home care?

It may, but only once a care needs assessment and a financial assessment have both been completed. The financial assessment compares income and capital with thresholds set nationally, so the result depends on individual circumstances rather than on where in North Yorkshire someone lives. Support might cover the whole cost, part of it, or none of it. If funding is agreed, you can ask to receive it as a direct payment and choose the agency yourself.

Which agencies provide home care in North Yorkshire?

This page brings together one hundred and fifty nine home care agencies registered with the Care Quality Commission to work in North Yorkshire. They include national brands operating through local offices as well as small independent providers covering a single town or dale. Every entry has its own profile setting out the current rating and the findings behind it. Reading through those profiles is the fastest route to a shortlist that matches the hours and type of help you need.

What is the difference between home care and a care home?

Home care sends paid carers to a person in their own house for planned visits, which may be a single morning call or several throughout the day. A care home provides accommodation, meals and support on one site with staff on duty around the clock. A nursing home goes further still by employing registered nurses for people with clinical needs. Everything listed on this page delivers care in the person's own home rather than in residential accommodation.

How soon should I start looking for an agency?

Start as soon as the need looks likely rather than waiting until something goes wrong. Popular visit slots, especially early mornings and teatime, fill up quickly at the better regarded agencies. Beginning early leaves room for a proper assessment and for meeting more than one provider before deciding. Where a hospital discharge is on the horizon, tell the ward team promptly so arrangements can be made alongside it.

What should I ask an agency before agreeing to visits?

Ask how many carers will normally attend, how absences are covered, and whether visit times are guaranteed or given as a window. Check who supervises the staff, how often care plans are reviewed and how a concern gets escalated to a doctor. Request the written schedule of charges, including evening, weekend and cancellation rates. It is also fair to ask what the agency changed after its most recent inspection.

Home Care in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire has 159 CQC registered home care agencies. 115 are rated Good, 7 Outstanding, 10 Requires improvement, 1 Inadequate, and 26 have not yet been rated. 98 of the 159 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

North Yorkshire at a glance

What the numbers say about home care in North Yorkshire.

Hourly care visits, Yorkshire and The Humber: £24.99 to £36.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies.
People aged 75 and over: 87,700. Rising to 106,000 by 2035, up 21%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 11,300. Rising to 14,700 by 2035, up 29%
People aged 85 and over: 23,200. Rising to 35,500 by 2035, up 53%
Dementia diagnosis rate: 60%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
Agencies in North Yorkshire, last 12 months: 1 opened, 9 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 Paying for Home Care in North Yorkshire

Most households come to this page with the same three practical worries: how to get the ball rolling, who decides what help is needed, and what the bill will look like at the end of the month. Taking those in order saves a good deal of wasted effort.

Asking for a care needs assessment

Anyone who appears to need support can ask for a care needs assessment, and it costs nothing regardless of income or savings. A relative, a district nurse or a hospital discharge team can make the request just as easily as the person themselves. A social care practitioner will go through the tasks that have become difficult, from washing and dressing to preparing meals and remembering tablets, then set out what level of help would meet those needs safely. Contacting North Yorkshire Council Adult Social Care is the way to begin that process, and an unpaid family carer can request a separate assessment of their own needs at the same time.

Who pays and how much

If needs are found to be eligible, a financial assessment follows, weighing income and capital against thresholds set nationally rather than locally. Some people have their support funded in full, others contribute part of the cost, and a good many pay for everything privately. Nothing about the assessment obliges you to accept a particular agency, and having the paperwork in hand tends to make conversations with providers considerably more concrete.

Taking the budget as a direct payment

Where funded support is agreed, it can be taken as a direct payment rather than as care arranged on your behalf. That leaves the choice of agency with the family, which matters when continuity or a particular visit time is the deciding factor. It brings a modest amount of record keeping, though most people find the trade worthwhile.

Narrowing Down the Home Care Agencies on This Page

One hundred and fifty nine agencies is far too long a list to telephone, so the sensible order of work is to shorten it on paper first and only then start speaking to people.

Making sense of the ratings

Outstanding, Good and Requires Improvement all appear among the providers here, and a sizeable group has yet to be rated. An unrated agency is not automatically a poor one, since it usually means registration was recent. What repays attention is the wording inside the report: how the agency recruits, how it covers absence, and what it did after inspectors raised something.

Continuity and the practical fit

Home care lives or dies on whether the same faces keep turning up. Ask how many different carers are likely to attend over a fortnight, whether visit times are fixed or offered as a window, and how sickness and annual leave are covered. In a county where journeys between calls can be long, ask plainly whether the agency actually staffs your village or postcode rather than simply claiming to cover it.

The questions that reveal most

Find out who supervises the carers and how often a senior member of staff observes a visit in person. Ask how care plans are reviewed when needs change, how concerns reach a doctor or district nurse, and what training staff have for the conditions involved. A written schedule of charges covering evenings, weekends and cancellations should be offered without you having to press for it.

159 home care in North Yorkshire (showing 1–50)

Town and Country Care · Whitby, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Select Choice Community Support · Harrogate, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Gladstone Care · Scarborough, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
KP Premier Care · Northallerton, North Yorkshire
Homecare · Harrogate, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Hill View Manor · Knaresborough, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Hospice Care · Harrogate, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Affinity Care Solutions · Selby, North Yorkshire
Agincare UK - Orchid House EC · Thirsk, North Yorkshire
Moor and Coast Care · Whitby, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Priory Supported Living · Harrogate, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
and District Homecare · Ripon, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Sycamore Hall · Leyburn, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
St Margarets Homecare Selby · York, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
West Park Care · Harrogate, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Care Legacy · Lancaster, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
& Scarborough Intermediate Care Service · Whitby, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Helping Hands · Knaresborough, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Care Legacy Richmond and Hambleton · Northallerton, North Yorkshire
Visiting Angels and West · Harrogate, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Vermuyden Care · Selby, North Yorkshire
Independent Living Care Company · Selby, North Yorkshire
Cornforth Care · Saltburn-by-the-sea, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Reablement Service · Selby, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Supporting Choice · Scarborough, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Guardian Angel Carers · York, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Stay Independent at Home · Scarborough, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Hollins Hall · Harrogate, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Partners In Care Yorkshire · Scarborough, North Yorkshire · CQC Outstanding
Time Together · Harrogate, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Sova Healthcare · Harrogate, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Yourlife · Scarborough, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Greenfield Court Care · Harrogate, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Daisies Care Consultants · Skipton, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
The Wilf Ward Family Trust Supported Living East · Scarborough, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Hearts at Home Homecare · Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Kirkwood Hall · Leyburn, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
TAO Complex Care · Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Bee Better Care · Selby, North Yorkshire
Priory Supported Living Whitby · Scarborough, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
JL Care Services · Filey, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Your Life (Northallerton) · Nothallerton, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
EverKind Services · Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Dales Community Care · Skipton, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Dales Reablement Service · Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Moorview Care (North Yorks) · Scarborough, North Yorkshire · CQC Outstanding
IntegraCare (Supported Living) · Harrogate, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Castle Care Teesdale · Richmond, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Blossom Home Care · Northallerton, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Avalon Services · Skipton, North Yorkshire · CQC Good

What home care costs

Type of care	What it costs
Hourly care visits, Yorkshire and The Humber Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £28.99. Shown for Yorkshire and The Humber because too few North Yorkshire agencies publish a rate.	£24.99 to £36.00 an hour
What North Yorkshire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.	£26.01 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

CRM Healthcare Solutions Ltd, 4 September 2026, Requires improvement
Ripon and District Homecare, 25 August 2026, Good
Ryedale Homecare, 3 August 2026, Good

Longest since a report

Housing 21 - Limestone View, 10 October 2017, Good
Carefound Home Care (Harrogate), 8 November 2017, Outstanding
Selby Reablement Service, 14 November 2017, Good

Frequently asked questions about home care in North Yorkshire

How many home care agencies are there in North Yorkshire?

North Yorkshire has 159 CQC registered home care agencies: 7 Outstanding, 115 Good, 10 Requires improvement, 1 Inadequate, 26 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 North Yorkshire?

Hourly care visits, Yorkshire and The Humber: £24.99 to £36.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £28.99. Shown for Yorkshire and The Humber because too few North Yorkshire 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 North Yorkshire were inspected most recently?

CRM Healthcare Solutions Ltd (4 September 2026), Ripon and District Homecare (25 August 2026) and Ryedale Homecare (3 August 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.

Local care news in North Yorkshire

CQC register adds a new care home in North Yorkshire: Rosedale Nursing Home (5 November 2026)

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Home Care near North Yorkshire

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