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Elderly care in the Mid Suffolk council area

There are 15 elderly care services in the Mid Suffolk council area registered with the Care Quality Commission. 13 carry a published CQC rating, and 12 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 2 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 £22.47 an hour in 2023-24, the 40th highest of 150 councils in England and 6% above the £21.19 median. That is 15 of the 16 home care services across the Mid Suffolk 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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Housing 21 - Mere View

Stowmarket, Suffolk

GoodCQC, May 2018

  • 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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Primary Homecare Limited

Ipswich, Suffolk

OutstandingCQC, Jan 2023one 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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First Prime Care Ltd

Diss, Suffolk

GoodCQC, Dec 2023

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
  • Mental health conditions
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
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not published
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Avenues East - Services

Stowmarket, Suffolk

GoodCQC, May 2020

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
  • +3 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Ocala Healthcare

Stowmarket, Suffolk

GoodCQC, Dec 2021

  • 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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Deben Willow Care

Ipswich, Suffolk

Not yet rated · on the register 8 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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Kirsten's Care Ltd

Stowmarket, Suffolk

GoodCQC, May 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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Frantec

Stowmarket, Suffolk

GoodCQC, Dec 2018

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +6 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Short Break Respite Unit

Stowmarket, Suffolk

GoodCQC, Dec 2018

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
  • +1 more
Hourly rate
not published
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not published
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Sunflower Homecare

Ipswich, Suffolk

GoodCQC, Dec 2021

  • Sensory impairments
  • 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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Steeple View

Stowmarket, Suffolk

GoodCQC, Jan 2022

  • Dementia
  • Learning disabilities
  • Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Hourly rate
not published
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not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Elderly care in Mid Suffolk: questions people ask

How much does elderly care cost in the Mid Suffolk council area?
Agencies in the Mid Suffolk 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. Suffolk paid £22.47 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for elderly care in the Mid Suffolk council area?
Suffolk 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 £22.47 an hour in 2023-24, the 40th 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 Mid Suffolk council area are rated best?
13 of the 15 services in the Mid Suffolk council area carry a published CQC rating and 12 of those, 92%, are rated Good or Outstanding. 1 is rated Outstanding, the top grade: Primary Homecare Limited. 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 Mid Suffolk 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. 2 of the 15 services in the Mid Suffolk 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.