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Elderly care in Ludlow

There are 6 elderly care services in Ludlow registered with the Care Quality Commission. 5 carry a published CQC rating, and 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 1 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 Ludlow is arranged by Shropshire, which paid providers £24.58 an hour in 2023-24, the 18th highest of 150 councils in England and 16% above the £21.19 median. That is 6 of the 8 home care services in Ludlow. 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.

What home care costs in Ludlow

None of the 6 services in Ludlow 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.

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Shropshire paid independent agencies a median of £24.58 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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Elderly care in Ludlow: questions people ask

How much does elderly care cost in Ludlow?
None of the 6 services in Ludlow publish a price, so you get a figure by ringing them: most quote by the hour after an assessment. 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. Shropshire paid £24.58 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for elderly care in Ludlow?
Shropshire 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 £24.58 an hour in 2023-24, the 18th highest 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 Ludlow are rated best?
5 of the 6 services in Ludlow carry a published CQC rating and 5 of those, 100%, 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 Ludlow?
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. 1 of the 6 services in Ludlow 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.

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