There are 13 elderly care services in Christchurch registered with the Care Quality Commission. 8 carry a published CQC rating, and 8 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 5 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. Adult social care in Christchurch is arranged by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, which paid providers £23.90 an hour in 2023-24, the 27th highest of 150 councils in England and 13% above the £21.19 median. That is 13 of the 16 home care services in Christchurch. Registration sets what a service is allowed to provide. It does not say how well it does it, so read the inspection report and ring two or three before you decide.
None of the 13 services in Christchurch have published their rates here yet. Ring two or three and ask. Most will quote over the phone.
For comparison, the Homecare Association puts the minimum sustainable price at £34.42 an hour for 2026-27. That covers careworker pay at the statutory minimum for all working time including travel, mileage, wage-related costs, and the minimum cost of running a compliant care business.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole paid independent agencies a median of £23.90 an hour for the home care it commissioned in 2023-24, against the £34.42 the Homecare Association says it costs to deliver in 2026-27. What every council pays →
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Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
OutstandingCQC, Jan 2019one area rated lower
Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
GoodCQC, Aug 2023
Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
GoodCQC, Jul 2021
Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Not yet rated · on the register 13 years
Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Not yet rated · on the register 3 years
Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
GoodCQC, Aug 2023
Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
GoodCQC, Sept 2022
Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
GoodCQC, Jun 2023
Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
GoodCQC, Mar 2023
Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Newly registered, not yet rated
Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Not yet rated · on the register 3 years
Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
GoodCQC, Nov 2021
Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Not yet rated · on the register 1 year