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Elderly care in the Halton council area

There are 13 elderly care services in the Halton council area registered with the Care Quality Commission. 5 carry a published CQC rating, and 4 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 8 are unrated, which usually means they have not been inspected since registering rather than that anything is wrong. Privately arranged care is quoted by the hour, and the Homecare Association puts the minimum a provider must charge in 2026-27 at £34.42, or about £481.88 a week for two half-hour visits a day. The council paid providers £17.70 an hour in 2023-24, the 4th lowest of 150 councils in England and 16% below the £21.19 median. That is 13 of the 16 home care services across the Halton local authority. Your council decides what care you are entitled to and what it pays towards, so this is the area that matters for funding.

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Business Hub, Simms Cross

Widnes, Halton

Not yet rated · on the register 10 years

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +4 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Helping Hands Widnes

Widnes, Halton

GoodCQC, May 2022

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Wide Care Limited

Runcorn, Halton

Not yet rated · on the register 3 years

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
  • Mental health conditions
  • +1 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Halton Supported Living

Runcorn, Halton

Not yet rated · on the register 3 years

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +5 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Vivid Care Services Ltd

Runcorn, Halton

Not yet rated · on the register 2 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +3 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Support at Home Ltd

Widnes, Halton

Not yet rated · on the register 10 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +6 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Elderly care in Halton: questions people ask

How much does elderly care cost in the Halton council area?
Agencies in the Halton council area quote by the hour after an assessment, so there is no single price. The Homecare Association calculates that a provider needs to charge at least £34.42 an hour in 2026-27 to pay careworkers the statutory minimum for all their working time and run a compliant business. Two half-hour visits a day at that rate is roughly £481.88 a week. Halton paid £17.70 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for elderly care in the Halton council area?
Halton can arrange and fund care after a needs assessment, which is free and which anyone can request. What you contribute depends on a separate financial assessment. It paid providers an average of £17.70 an hour in 2023-24, the 4th lowest of 150 councils in England. The Homecare Association's minimum sustainable price is £34.42 for 2026-27. Those are different years, so treat the pair as context rather than a like-for-like gap. What a council pays shapes which agencies will take council-funded work at all.
Which elderly care services in the Halton council area are rated best?
5 of the 13 services in the Halton council area carry a published CQC rating and 4 of those, 80%, are rated Good or Outstanding. None is rated Outstanding. A rating describes the service on the day it was inspected, so check the report date as well as the word.
How do I choose a elderly care agency in the Halton council area?
Start with what the regulator publishes, then ask what it cannot tell you: who would actually visit, whether it is the same carer each time, what happens when that person is ill, and how long a call really lasts. 8 of the 13 services in the Halton council area carry no published verdict at all, so for those the questions are the only evidence you have. Every service here comes from the public register, and contacting one costs nothing: we take no fee and no commission.