Home Care in Pinner
Pinner has 7 CQC registered home care agencies. 5 are rated Good, and 2 have not yet been rated. 3 of the 7 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Pinner at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Pinner, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, London: £22.88 to £30.05 an hour. Middle half of prices from 16 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 20,800. Rising to 25,200 by 2035, up 21%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,900. Rising to 3,500 by 2035, up 21%
- People aged 85 and over: 6,200. Rising to 7,900 by 2035, up 27%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 68%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 2 opened, 5 closed. 86 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 725 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.3 miles).
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Arranging Home Care in Pinner and Meeting the Cost
The Care Needs Assessment
A care needs assessment records what support a person needs across an ordinary day, and it is free to anyone who appears to require help, whatever their savings. Families can approach the London Borough of Harrow to arrange one, and a relative providing care can ask for a separate carer assessment. Keep the written outcome, because every agency you contact will want much the same information, and it spares repeating a difficult account several times over.
Rates, Contributions and Notice
Home care is charged by the hour or by the visit, so the weekly figure depends on how many calls are needed and how long each one lasts. Where eligible needs are identified and a financial assessment shows capital below the relevant threshold, the council may meet part or all of the cost, with an assessed contribution paid from income. Support is sometimes arranged as a direct payment, which lets a family choose and employ the provider themselves. Ask for rates in writing, including weekend and bank holiday charges, and check how much notice is required to change or cancel a visit.
Choosing the Right Provider and What to Look For
Reading the Published Record
Five of the seven providers hold a Good rating and two have not yet been rated. An absent rating is not a warning in itself, but it means less published evidence to weigh, so those agencies deserve closer questioning. Where a report does exist, it separates findings on safety, effectiveness, caring, responsiveness and leadership and states exactly what inspectors found and when. Check the inspection date too, since a manager may have changed since.
Questions to Put to an Agency
Ask how many different care workers would visit across a fortnight, because continuity matters more than almost anything once support begins. Find out how visits are timed, what happens if a worker is delayed or off sick, and who can be reached outside office hours. Ask how staff are trained and supervised, how the care plan is written and whether the person receiving support helps shape it.
Practical Points Worth Settling Early
Establish the minimum visit length, how travel time is handled and whether weekend rates differ. Ask what the agency will do about medication and what it will not, and how a concern is raised and recorded. An agency that answers all of this plainly is usually one that runs well.
7 home care in Pinner
- Pinner · Pinner, Hillingdon · CQC Good
- Right at home · Pinner, Harrow · CQC Good
- Adina Home Care Services · Pinner, Hillingdon · CQC Good
- RMHCare · Pinner, Harrow · CQC Good
- Carpenders Care · Pinner, Harrow · CQC Good
- Signet Healthcare · Pinner, Hillingdon
- Doorstep Care Office · Pinner, Harrow
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, London Middle half of prices from 16 agencies. Median £24.48. Shown for London because too few Harrow agencies publish a rate. | £22.88 to £30.05 an hour |
| What Harrow pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £18.45 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
- Carpenders Care Limited, 24 February 2026, Good
- Signet Healthcare Limited, 4 November 2024, Not yet rated
- Adina Home Care Services, 8 July 2024, Good
Longest since a report
- RMHCare Ltd, 9 June 2018, Good
- Right at home Harrow, 5 March 2019, Good
- Pinner, 6 May 2022, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Pinner
How many home care agencies are there in Pinner?
Pinner has 7 CQC registered home care agencies: 5 Good, 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 Pinner?
Hourly care visits, London: £22.88 to £30.05 an hour. Middle half of prices from 16 agencies. Median £24.48. Shown for London because too few Harrow 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 Pinner were inspected most recently?
Carpenders Care Limited (24 February 2026), Signet Healthcare Limited (4 November 2024) and Adina Home Care Services (8 July 2024) have the most recent CQC reports.