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Elderly care in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area

There are 24 elderly care services in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area registered with the Care Quality Commission. 15 carry a published CQC rating, and 13 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 9 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 £24.12 an hour in 2023-24, the 24th highest of 150 councils in England and 14% above the £21.19 median. That is 24 of the 25 home care services across the King's Lynn and West Norfolk 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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Fortress Care Services

Kings Lynn, Norfolk

Requires improvementCQC, May 2022one area rated lower

  • 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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Daybreak Support Services

Kings Lynn, Norfolk

GoodCQC, Apr 2019one area rated lower

  • 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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Home Instead West Norfolk

King's Lynn, Norfolk

OutstandingCQC, Nov 2019one area rated lower

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Total Care Norfolk

Downham Market, Norfolk

Not yet rated · on the register 6 years

  • Dementia
  • Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Kings Lynn Supported Living

Kings Lynn, Norfolk

Not yet rated · on the register 11 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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Pure Heart Homecare Ltd

Wisbech, Norfolk

Requires improvementCQC, Jun 2019

  • 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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Carers Elite Limited

Downham Market, Norfolk

Not yet rated · on the register 3 years

  • Dementia
  • Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Bluebell Support Services

Castle Rising, Norfolk

GoodCQC, Aug 2017one area rated lower

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Learning disabilities
  • +3 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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The Care Company UK Limited

Kings Lynn, Norfolk

GoodCQC, Jul 2019one area rated lower

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +5 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Ontime Response Healthcare Ltd Norfolk

King's Lynn, Norfolk

Not yet rated · on the register 3 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +3 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Ever Care Ltd

King's Lynn, Norfolk

GoodCQC, Sept 2022

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Learning disabilities
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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QCM Healthcare Kings Lynn

King's Lynn, Norfolk

Not yet rated · on the register 2 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • 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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Yourlife (Hunstanton)

Hunstanton, Norfolk

GoodCQC, Jul 2021

  • 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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BB Healthcare

King's Lynn, Norfolk

GoodCQC, Feb 2018

  • 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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Fareni Lifecare Ltd

Thetford, Norfolk

Not yet rated · on the register 2 years

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Caring for adults over 65 yrs
  • +1 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Cera - King's Lynn

Kings Lynn, Norfolk

GoodCQC, May 2019

  • 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 King's Lynn and West Norfolk: questions people ask

How much does elderly care cost in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area?
Agencies in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk 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. Norfolk paid £24.12 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for elderly care in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area?
Norfolk 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 £24.12 an hour in 2023-24, the 24th 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 the King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area are rated best?
15 of the 24 services in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area carry a published CQC rating and 13 of those, 87%, are rated Good or Outstanding. 2 are rated Outstanding, the top grade: Dedicated Care East Anglia Limited and Home Instead West Norfolk. A rating describes the service on the day it was inspected, so check the report date as well as the word.
Is the King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area well served for elderly care?
24 of the 25 home care services in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area are registered to support this, 96%, against 89% across England. That is better served than most places. Registration is permission rather than specialisation, so it sets the size of the list rather than its quality.
How do I choose a elderly care agency in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk 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. 9 of the 24 services in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk 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.