Home Care in Wellingborough
Wellingborough has 37 CQC registered home care agencies. 13 are rated Good, 3 Requires improvement, and 21 have not yet been rated. 15 of the 37 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Wellingborough at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Wellingborough, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, East Midlands: £30.58 to £32.23 an hour. Middle half of prices from 7 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 35,200. Rising to 41,200 by 2035, up 17%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 4,500. Rising to 5,700 by 2035, up 28%
- People aged 85 and over: 8,400. Rising to 13,400 by 2035, up 59%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 71%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 2 opened, 9 closed. 135 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 121 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.5 miles).
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 Support at Home in Wellingborough
Starting With an Assessment
It is worth having needs set down formally before approaching agencies. A care needs assessment is open to anyone who appears to require support, and savings have no bearing on whether one is offered. The practitioner looks at practical matters: washing and dressing, preparing and eating meals, managing medication, moving about safely and coping alone at night. Where support at home is the likely answer, the written outcome usually indicates how many visits are needed and at what times, which is precisely the information an agency needs before it can say whether it has the capacity.
Funded Support and Direct Payments
A financial assessment then examines income, savings and property against the national thresholds. North Northamptonshire Council Adult Social Care conducts both assessments and arranges funded support for those who qualify, often through a direct payment that lets the family choose and manage the agency themselves. That route suits households with a particular provider in mind. Where the leading need proves clinical rather than social, NHS continuing healthcare may apply instead, assessed separately under its own criteria.
What the Visits Cost
Care at home is normally 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. Ask for the rates in writing, including whether evenings, weekends and bank holidays are priced differently, and what the minimum visit length is. Ask how travel time and mileage are treated, what notice is required to change or cancel a call, and whether the rate alters if two carers are needed for a particular task.
Choosing an Agency in Wellingborough and What to Check
Where the Evidence Is Thin
With twenty one of these thirty seven agencies not yet inspected, a good deal of the usual evidence is simply unavailable, and the questions you ask have to compensate. For the agencies that do have a report, read it properly: it describes whether visits were staffed and timed as agreed, whether calls were missed or shortened, how medicines were recorded, how carers were trained and supervised, and whether earlier concerns had been resolved. Where an agency is marked Requires Improvement, the report names exactly what went wrong and whether the provider had begun acting, which is considerably more useful than the label by itself.
Continuity and Reliability
Ask how many different carers would visit in a typical week, because being helped to wash and dress by a familiar face is not a small matter. Ask what happens when a carer is ill or delayed, whether the family is told, and how the agency covers holidays. Ask how much flexibility there is around agreed times, since an agency that can only offer a morning call at half past ten may not suit someone who needs help getting up.
Training, Supervision and Accountability
Ask how carers are trained for the particular conditions involved and how often that training is refreshed. Ask how staff working alone in people's homes are supervised and spot checked, how medication is recorded at each call, and how the agency confirms that visits actually happened. Finish by asking how a complaint would be handled and who the family should contact when something goes wrong out of hours.
37 home care in Wellingborough
- Action 2 Care · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · CQC Good
- Harvlightcare Services · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · CQC Requires improvement
- OK CARE C.I.C. · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- Mine Care · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- Osmanthus Care · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · CQC Good
- Home Instead East Northants · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · CQC Good
- Phoenix All Care · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · CQC Good
- Rapha Care Group · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- Mina Care Services · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- Partridge Support Services · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- Dunamis Healthcare · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- Lavender Support Services · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · CQC Good
- Leeliam · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- Active Olive Healthcare · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- Your Dignified Care · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · CQC Requires improvement
- Ourway Care · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · CQC Good
- Ant and Bex Lodgings · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- Honest Care Services · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · CQC Good
- Noble Care and Consultancy Services · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- Northamptonshire · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · CQC Good
- Homecare Solutions For You · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- Prestige Care Solutions · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- Gemini Exclusive Care · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · CQC Good
- Magnolious Care · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- Becks homecare services · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- NBH HOME CARE · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- Syltem Health Care · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- Dunamis Social Care · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · CQC Requires improvement
- Options Health Care Services Northamptonshire · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- DCA Northamptonshire · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- Northants Community Care · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · CQC Good
- The Care Bureau - Domiciliary Care · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · CQC Good
- Willowvale Care · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- Aroma Care Northampton · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · CQC Good
- Brightwater Care & Support · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · CQC Good
- Cyan Healthcare · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
- Brook House · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, East Midlands Middle half of prices from 7 agencies. Median £31.00. Shown for East Midlands because too few North Northamptonshire agencies publish a rate. | £30.58 to £32.23 an hour |
| What North Northamptonshire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £23.31 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
- Lavender Support Services Ltd, 25 September 2026, Good
- Homecare Solutions For You, 16 March 2026, Not yet rated
- Ourway Care Ltd, 24 October 2025, Good
Longest since a report
- Dunamis Social Care, 18 September 2018, Requires improvement
- Home Instead East Northants, 2 April 2019, Good
- Becks homecare services limited, 4 February 2020, Not yet rated
Frequently asked questions about home care in Wellingborough
How many home care agencies are there in Wellingborough?
Wellingborough has 37 CQC registered home care agencies: 13 Good, 3 Requires improvement, 21 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 Wellingborough?
Hourly care visits, East Midlands: £30.58 to £32.23 an hour. Middle half of prices from 7 agencies. Median £31.00. Shown for East Midlands because too few North Northamptonshire 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 Wellingborough were inspected most recently?
Lavender Support Services Ltd (25 September 2026), Homecare Solutions For You (16 March 2026) and Ourway Care Ltd (24 October 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.