Home Care in Southsea
Southsea has 5 CQC registered home care agencies. 1 is rated Good, 1 Requires improvement, and 3 have not yet been rated. 1 of the 5 was last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Southsea at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Southsea, 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: 16,000. Rising to 18,300 by 2035, up 15%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,100. Rising to 2,500 by 2035, up 20%
- People aged 85 and over: 4,300. Rising to 5,900 by 2035, up 37%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 71%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 2 opened, 4 closed. 58 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 134 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.3 miles).
- Compared with the rest of Portsmouth: Fewer agencies. Portsmouth has fewer agencies than average for the size of its older population.
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Arranging and Funding Home Care in Southsea
The assessment comes first
Where inspection evidence is incomplete, an independent professional judgement of what is needed becomes more useful rather than less. The person requiring support is entitled to a care needs assessment, arranged through the Portsmouth City Council social care team, the authority responsible for assessing need and arranging funded support. Anyone who appears to need help may request one whatever their savings, and the assessor works out how much support is required and how often.
How funding is decided
A financial assessment follows, examining income and savings. The value of the home a person continues to live in is not counted while care is delivered there, which often makes support at home more affordable than families anticipate. Where capital falls below the national threshold the local authority may fund part or all of the package, and taking it as a direct payment lets a family choose the agency themselves rather than accepting whoever is commissioned.
What it costs
Home care is charged by the visit or by the hour, so the weekly figure follows from how many calls are needed and how long each lasts. Four short calls a day and one long daily visit can cost very differently while suiting quite different needs. Ask any agency its hourly rate, its minimum visit length, what it charges at weekends and on bank holidays, and whether travel time is billed.
Choosing an Agency and What to Check
Judging mostly unrated providers
Your Life holds the Good rating here and Crescent Office currently sits at Requires Improvement. CareHub Portsmouth, Medica Universal and Crown Care Solutions have no published rating at present. Where a rating exists, read the report rather than the headline, looking particularly at what it says about staffing and missed visits. Where none exists, ask when the agency registered, when its first inspection is expected, and who the registered manager is, and treat a readiness to answer as part of your evidence.
The questions that carry the weight
Ask how many different carers would visit across a fortnight, because continuity determines more than anything else whether care at home succeeds. Ask what happens when a carer is sick or delayed and whether anybody tells you. Ask how medication is recorded, who to ring out of hours, and how complaints are logged and answered. Ask to see a sample care plan. Ask for references, and weigh a refusal as information in itself.
Looking for corroboration
Ask the council's adult social care team which agencies it currently commissions, since a local authority contract carries its own checks. Each profile on this page holds the published detail currently recorded for that provider.
5 home care in Southsea
- Medica Universal · Southsea, Portsmouth
- CareHub · Southsea, Portsmouth
- Your Life · Southsea, Portsmouth · CQC Good
- Crown Care Solutions · Southsea, Portsmouth
- Crescent Office · Southsea, Portsmouth · CQC Requires improvement
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, South East Middle half of prices from 24 agencies. Median £32.92. Shown for South East because too few Portsmouth agencies publish a rate. | £28.00 to £36.96 an hour |
| What Portsmouth pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £24.40 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
- Crescent Office, 1 December 2025, Requires improvement
- Your Life (Southsea), 19 May 2022, Good
Longest since a report
- Your Life (Southsea), 19 May 2022, Good
- Crescent Office, 1 December 2025, Requires improvement
Frequently asked questions about home care in Southsea
How many home care agencies are there in Southsea?
Southsea has 5 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 3 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 Southsea?
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 Portsmouth 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 Southsea were inspected most recently?
Crescent Office (1 December 2025) and Your Life (Southsea) (19 May 2022) have the most recent CQC reports.