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Home care in East of England

There are 1945 home care services in East of England registered with the Care Quality Commission. 968 carry a published CQC rating, and 846 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 977 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. They sit across 45 local authorities, so pick the area that covers you.

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Home care in East of England: questions people ask

How much does home care cost in East of England?
Agencies in East of England 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.
Will the council pay for home care in East of England?
Your council can arrange and fund care after a needs assessment, which is free and which anyone can ask for. What you pay towards it depends on a separate financial assessment of income and capital. Councils in England paid independent providers an average of £25.05 an hour in 2026-27, against a minimum sustainable price of £34.42, which is why council-funded hours and privately bought hours are often priced differently.
Which home care services in East of England are rated best?
968 of the 1945 services in East of England carry a published CQC rating and 846 of those, 87%, are rated Good or Outstanding. That is below the 89% across England. 59 are rated Outstanding, the top grade, among them Christies Care Ltd, Home Instead Senior Care and Home Instead. 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 home care agency in East of England?
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. 977 of the 1945 services in East of England 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.