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Home care in the BH postcode area

There are 177 home care services in the BH postcode area registered with the Care Quality Commission. 74 carry a published CQC rating, and 73 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 103 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 span 24 postcode districts and 12 towns. Postcode areas cut across council boundaries, so more than one local authority is involved.

What home care costs in the BH postcode area

None of the 177 services in the BH postcode area 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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Klass Care Ltd

Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Not yet rated · on the register 7 years

  • 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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Optimal Care Plus - Dorset

Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Not yet rated · on the register 1 year

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Alina Homecare Poole

Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

GoodCQC, Apr 2023

  • 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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AJ Zion Limited

Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Not yet rated · on the register 2 years

  • 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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OHCI Dorset

Ferndown, Dorset

Not yet rated · on the register 1 year

  • 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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The Pines Home Care

Ringwood, Hampshire

Not yet rated · on the register 11 years

  • Sensory impairments
  • Dementia
  • Learning disabilities
  • +4 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Maidment Court

Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

GoodCQC, Jan 2020

  • Sensory impairments
  • Dementia
  • Learning disabilities
  • +3 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Corfe Care Ltd

Broadstone, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

GoodCQC, Apr 2022

  • 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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PCash Healthcare Limited- Dorset

Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Not yet rated · on the register 1 year

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Mental health conditions
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Postcode districts in BH

  • BH8 28
  • BH23 17
  • BH1 16
  • BH21 14
  • BH12 13
  • BH15 12
  • BH25 11
  • BH14 10
  • BH22 8
  • BH9 6
  • BH17 6
  • BH24 6
  • BH11 5
  • BH6 5
  • BH3 3
  • BH18 3
  • BH19 3
  • BH16 3
  • BH4 2
  • BH20 2
  • BH31 1
  • BH2 1
  • BH5 1
  • BH7 1

Towns in BH

Home care in BH postcodes: questions people ask

How much does home care cost in the BH postcode area?
Agencies in the BH postcode 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.
Will the council pay for home care in the BH postcode area?
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 the BH postcode area are rated best?
74 of the 177 services in the BH postcode area carry a published CQC rating and 73 of those, 99%, are rated Good or Outstanding. That is above the 89% across England. 5 are rated Outstanding, the top grade, among them Inter County Care - Christchurch, Better Care at Home East and Right at Home Bournemouth and Poole. 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 the BH postcode 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. 103 of the 177 services in the BH postcode 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.