How much does home care cost in Bournemouth?

None of the 68 services in Bournemouth 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. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole paid £23.90 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.

Which home care services in Bournemouth are rated best?

20 of the 68 services in Bournemouth carry a published CQC rating and 20 of those, 100%, are rated Good or Outstanding. That is above the 89% across England. 2 are rated Outstanding, the top grade: Better Care at Home East and Aucklands Care. 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 Bournemouth?

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. 48 of the 68 services in Bournemouth 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.

Home care in Bournemouth

There are 68 home care services in Bournemouth registered with the Care Quality Commission. 20 carry a published CQC rating, and 20 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 48 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 Bournemouth 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.

What home care costs in Bournemouth

None of the 68 services in Bournemouth 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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What Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole pays for home care

£23.90an hour, 2023-24

The average hourly rate Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole paid independent agencies for home care it commissioned.

The Homecare Association puts the minimum sustainable price at £34.42 an hour, which is what an agency needs to charge to pay carers lawfully for travel time as well as time in your home. Those two figures cover different years (2023-24 against 2026-27), so treat the gap as indicative rather than exact. Wages have risen since, so the current gap is more likely wider than narrower.

This is not what you would pay. Councils buy in bulk on long contracts. Arranging care privately costs meaningfully more, and part of what a private client pays makes up the difference on the council’s rate.

NHS England, Adult Social Care Finance Return, 2023-24, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source · Compare every council

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Better Care at Home East

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OutstandingCQC, Mar 2022one area rated lower

Sensory impairments
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