Which home care agencies in Selby are listed on this page?

Twelve providers match this search, including Selby Reablement Service, Fernbank Court, WrightChoiceCare, New Concept Care Selby, Emmaculate Care Services Selby Office and Heritage Homecare Ltd. Seven currently hold a Good rating from the Care Quality Commission and five have not yet been rated. Each provider has a profile page setting out registration details and, where one exists, the latest inspection outcome. Reading the profiles side by side is the quickest way to shorten the list.

What should I ask an agency before arranging visits in Selby?

Ask how many different carers are likely to attend and whether a consistent team can be arranged. Ask what happens if a visit is missed or runs late, and how families are told. Check the minimum visit length, whether travel time is included and what weekends cost. It is also worth asking how care plans are reviewed and how complaints are dealt with.

How does home care differ from moving into a care home?

Home care brings support to the person, with workers visiting for agreed periods to help with washing, dressing, meals and medication. A care home provides accommodation with staff on site, and a nursing home adds registered nurses on duty at all hours. Home care generally suits people whose needs can be met in planned visits and who would rather stay where they are. As needs grow, families often revisit that comparison.

Can North Yorkshire Council pay for home care in Selby?

It may, where the assessment identifies eligible needs and the financial assessment shows capital below the national threshold. The council then contributes towards the cost while the individual pays an assessed amount from income. People with capital above the threshold normally fund their own care, though an assessment is still worth having. Ask about direct payments, which let some people buy and manage support themselves.

How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Selby?

Contact the adult social care team at North Yorkshire Council and ask for one, either for yourself or on behalf of a relative. Health professionals and hospital discharge teams can also make the referral. The assessment is free and is not means tested, so savings make no difference to the right to have it. Any financial assessment comes afterwards and deals only with who pays.

How far in advance should home care be arranged?

As soon as the need is clear, because agencies may not have capacity at the exact times you want. Starting early also allows a small package of support to grow gradually rather than everything changing at once. Where care follows a hospital discharge, arrangements are often made within days. If the timing is tight, say so plainly, since availability shifts from week to week.

Home Care in Selby

Selby has 12 CQC registered home care agencies. 7 are rated Good, 1 Requires improvement, and 4 have not yet been rated. 6 of the 12 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Selby at a glance

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

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 the borough, last 12 months: 1 opened, 9 closed. 142 registered today.
Choice of agencies: 28 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.7 miles).
Compared with the rest of North Yorkshire: Fewer agencies. North Yorkshire has fewer agencies than average for the size of its older population.

Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.

What home care in Selby involves and what to look for

How support at home is usually built up

Care at home is normally bought by the visit, starting small and growing as needs change. A typical arrangement might begin with help to get up and dressed, then extend to meals, medication prompts and company later in the day. Because the support comes to the person rather than the other way round, routines, furniture and neighbours all stay as they are, which is often the point. It also means the arrangement can be adjusted month by month without anybody having to move.

Reading a list where some providers have no rating

Of the twelve providers matching this search, seven carry a Good rating, among them Selby Reablement Service, Fernbank Court, WrightChoiceCare, New Concept Care Selby and Heritage Homecare Ltd. The remaining five, including Affinity Care Solutions Ltd, Vermuyden Care and Bee Better Care, have not yet been rated. An absent rating is not a warning sign in itself, but it does remove a useful shortcut, so ask a newer agency more questions and ask for references you can actually follow up. Where a rating does exist, read the report rather than the single word, and check the date of the inspection.

The questions that separate one agency from another

Ask how the agency covers visits when a regular worker is unwell or on leave, and whether you can expect the same small team week to week. Ask about the minimum visit length, whether travel time is charged, and what the rate is at weekends and on bank holidays. Ask how lateness is handled, who answers the telephone outside office hours, and how quickly a missed visit is noticed. Ask what training staff receive for the specific needs involved, whether that is dementia, moving and handling, or medication support.

Getting an assessment and arranging funding in Selby

The care needs assessment

Anyone who appears to need support may ask for an assessment of their needs, free of charge and whatever their savings. North Yorkshire Council Adult Social Care carries it out, looking at daily routines, mobility, health and the help already in place, and sets down in writing what is needed. Requesting one is sensible even for families who expect to pay privately, because the written outcome is useful when approaching any agency and because circumstances can change.

Paying for care at home

Home care is usually charged by the hour or by the visit, so the weekly total depends on how often support is needed rather than on a single fixed fee. Where the assessment identifies eligible needs, a financial assessment establishes what the council contributes and what the individual pays from income and capital. Direct payments are worth asking about as well, since they allow some people to arrange support themselves rather than having it arranged for them. Ask any agency for its rates in writing, along with the notice required to change or cancel visits, and check whether the price alters if a visit needs two carers rather than one.

12 home care in Selby

Fernbank Court · Selby, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Emmaculate Care Services Office · Selby, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Heritage Homecare · Selby, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Office · Selby, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
New Concept Care · Selby, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
WrightChoiceCare · Selby, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
CRM Healthcare Solutions · Selby, North Yorkshire · CQC Requires improvement
Bee Better Care · Selby, North Yorkshire
Reablement Service · Selby, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Independent Living Care Company · Selby, North Yorkshire
Vermuyden Care · Selby, North Yorkshire
Affinity Care Solutions · Selby, North Yorkshire

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
Selby Office, 26 November 2024, Good
Heritage Homecare Ltd, 30 April 2022, Good

Longest since a report

Selby Reablement Service, 14 November 2017, Good
Emmaculate Care Services Selby Office, 25 August 2018, Good
Fernbank Court, 22 January 2019, Good

Frequently asked questions about home care in Selby

How many home care agencies are there in Selby?

Selby has 12 CQC registered home care agencies: 7 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 4 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 Selby?

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 Selby were inspected most recently?

CRM Healthcare Solutions Ltd (4 September 2026), Selby Office (26 November 2024) and Heritage Homecare Ltd (30 April 2022) have the most recent CQC reports.

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