Home Care in Wakefield

Wakefield has 85 CQC registered home care agencies. 47 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, 7 Requires improvement, and 30 have not yet been rated. 48 of the 85 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Wakefield at a glance

What the numbers say about home care in Wakefield.

  • 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: 35,200. Rising to 41,000 by 2035, up 17%
  • Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 4,500. Rising to 5,600 by 2035, up 25%
  • People aged 85 and over: 8,400. Rising to 12,500 by 2035, up 48%
  • Dementia diagnosis rate: 64%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
  • Agencies in Wakefield, last 12 months: 2 opened, 6 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.

Planning and paying for home care in Wakefield

The care needs assessment

An assessment is the practical first step, ahead of any calls to agencies. Anyone who appears to need care and support can request one free of charge whatever their income or savings, and it produces the written record of eligible needs that providers will work from. A practitioner from Wakefield Metropolitan District Council will discuss washing, dressing, eating, taking medication, moving safely around the home and keeping in touch with other people, then set out which needs are eligible for support. Anyone giving regular unpaid help has a separate right to a carer's assessment, so ask for both in the same conversation.

Costs and contributions

Where needs are found eligible, a financial assessment of income and capital follows. Care may then be funded in full, funded in part with a contribution from the person receiving it, or paid for privately. Families who qualify can request a direct payment and commission an agency of their own choosing rather than accept one arranged for them, which matters when a particular provider has impressed you. Privately funded home care is normally charged by the hour, with higher rates at weekends, on bank holidays and for shorter calls, while live in support is quoted weekly. Ask every agency for its rates, minimum visit length and notice period in writing before anything is signed.

Choosing an agency in Wakefield and what to check

What the ratings show

All eighty four agencies listed here are registered with the Care Quality Commission. With one rated Outstanding and forty seven rated Good there is a reasonable field to choose from, but seven currently hold Requires Improvement and twenty nine are not yet rated, so it pays to look at each provider individually. Where a report exists, read what inspectors found about punctuality of calls, medicines administration and recording, staff training and how the registered manager dealt with concerns. Check the inspection date as well, since a service can change substantially between visits. An unrated agency has simply not been inspected, so ask how long it has operated and who leads it.

Matching the agency to the person

Providers differ more than their websites suggest. Some focus on short personal care calls, others offer longer companionship visits, dementia support, overnight cover or help settling someone back home after a hospital stay, and agencies in this listing such as Choices Homecare and Age UK Wakefield District work in quite different ways. Confirm that carers actually travel to the address, ask who writes the care plan and how quickly it can be changed when needs increase.

Questions worth asking everybody

Ask how many different carers will attend over a fortnight and whether a small consistent team is kept. Find out how you would be told when a call is running late, who answers the telephone at weekends and how complaints are recorded and followed up. Ask how often care plans are formally reviewed, since that is where reliability tends to show itself.

85 home care in Wakefield (showing 1–50)

  1. Starlyfe Healthcare Services · Barnsley, Wakefield
  2. Age UK District - Home Support Services · Castleford, Wakefield · CQC Good
  3. Border Cottage Care · Castleford, Wakefield · CQC Good
  4. Home Instead and Selby · Castleford, Wakefield
  5. KLM Home Cares · Castleford, Wakefield · CQC Good
  6. Live Oak Healthcare Services · Castleford, Wakefield
  7. Smartlinks Care Services · Castleford, Wakefield
  8. Freedom Home Care · Knottingley, Wakefield · CQC Good
  9. Hazel Garth Reablement Hub · Knottingley, Wakefield · CQC Good
  10. Meadow Lodge Home Care Service · Knottingley, Wakefield · CQC Good
  11. Creative Support – Personalised Services · Normanton, Wakefield
  12. Creative Support - Whinn Dale Extra Care Service · Normanton, Wakefield · CQC Good
  13. Diamond Social Care · Ossett, Wakefield
  14. HLG Complex Care · Ossett, Wakefield · CQC Good
  15. Home Instead · Ossett, Wakefield · CQC Good
  16. Hope & Faith Healthcare · Ossett, Wakefield
  17. Radfield Home Care and Huddersfield · Ossett, Wakefield · CQC Good
  18. Registered Office · Ossett, Wakefield · CQC Good
  19. Yourlife · Ossett, Wakefield · CQC Good
  20. 1 Diamond Home Care · Pontefract, Wakefield · CQC Good
  21. Classic Health Care Solutions · Pontefract, Wakefield · CQC Good
  22. Cresta Healthcare · Pontefract, Wakefield
  23. Croft Healthcare · Pontefract, Wakefield · CQC Requires improvement
  24. Eleanor Nursing and Social Care - Yorkshire Branch · Pontefract, Wakefield
  25. Ethnatcel Care · Pontefract, Wakefield
  26. Fulfilling Healthcare · Pontefract, Wakefield
  27. Glimmer of Hope Care Services · Pontefract, Wakefield
  28. HCF The Springs · Pontefract, Wakefield · CQC Good
  29. Helping Hands- 5 Towns · Pontefract, Wakefield · CQC Good
  30. HOME CARING SERVICES · Pontefract, Wakefield · CQC Good
  31. Ivy Care Services · Pontefract, Wakefield
  32. Just Homes Care · Pontefract, Wakefield · CQC Good
  33. Kloay's Care · Pontefract, Wakefield · CQC Good
  34. Luxor Gate Health Care Services · Pontefract, Wakefield
  35. Malachi Care Services · Pontefract, Wakefield · CQC Requires improvement
  36. Peripatetic Service De Lacy Gardens · Pontefract, Wakefield · CQC Good
  37. Young People's Empowerment Project CIC · Pontefract, Wakefield
  38. Act of Kindness Care Services UK · Wakefield, Wakefield
  39. All Saints Support · Wakefield, Wakefield
  40. Alternative Care · Wakefield, Wakefield · CQC Good
  41. Angelcare · Wakefield, Wakefield · CQC Good
  42. Ashdene · Wakefield, Wakefield · CQC Good
  43. Becomfy · Wakefield, Wakefield
  44. Bluebird Care and Kirklees · Wakefield, Wakefield · CQC Good
  45. Caremark · Wakefield, Wakefield · CQC Requires improvement
  46. Caring for You · Wakefield, Wakefield · CQC Requires improvement
  47. Carleton Glen · Wakefield, Wakefield
  48. Choices Homecare (Kirklees &) · Wakefield, Wakefield · CQC Good
  49. Complete Care West Yorkshire · Wakefield, Wakefield · CQC Good
  50. Croft Care Services · Wakefield, Wakefield · CQC Good

What home care costs

Type of careWhat 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 Wakefield agencies publish a rate.£24.99 to £36.00 an hour
What Wakefield pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.£29.20 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

Longest since a report

Frequently asked questions about home care in Wakefield

How many home care agencies are there in Wakefield?

Wakefield has 85 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 47 Good, 7 Requires improvement, 30 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 Wakefield?

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 Wakefield 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 Wakefield were inspected most recently?

HLG Complex Care Ltd (30 October 2025), Master Quality Health Care Services (6 October 2025) and Freedom Home Care Ltd (4 September 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.

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