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Home care in the NE postcode area

There are 228 home care services in the NE postcode area registered with the Care Quality Commission. 137 carry a published CQC rating, and 137 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 91 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 44 postcode districts and 28 towns. Postcode areas cut across council boundaries, so more than one local authority is involved.

What home care costs in the NE postcode area

None of the 228 services in the NE 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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Longworth CMS Ltd

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne

OutstandingCQC, Aug 2018one area rated lower

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published

Welcome Care and Support

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne

Newly registered, not yet rated

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +4 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published

L S Care Limited

Boldon Colliery, South Tyneside

OutstandingCQC, Nov 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

Best Options Agency

Blyth, Northumberland

GoodCQC, Aug 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

North Tyneside

Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside

GoodCQC, Aug 2023one area rated lower

  • 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

Postcode districts in NE

  • NE11 18
  • NE12 12
  • NE3 12
  • NE29 11
  • NE4 11
  • NE28 10
  • NE1 10
  • NE15 9
  • NE23 9
  • NE10 9
  • NE8 9
  • NE63 8
  • NE6 7
  • NE16 7
  • NE33 6
  • NE46 6
  • NE27 6
  • NE24 5
  • NE32 5
  • NE35 5
  • NE61 5
  • NE26 4
  • NE22 4
  • NE9 4
  • NE5 4
  • NE64 3
  • NE30 3
  • NE13 3
  • NE20 2
  • NE42 2
  • NE38 2
  • NE66 2
  • NE37 2
  • NE45 2
  • NE34 2
  • NE70 1
  • NE21 1
  • NE39 1
  • NE43 1
  • NE36 1

Towns in NE

Home care in NE postcodes: questions people ask

How much does home care cost in the NE postcode area?
Agencies in the NE 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 NE 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 NE postcode area are rated best?
137 of the 228 services in the NE postcode area carry a published CQC rating and 137 of those, 100%, are rated Good or Outstanding. That is above the 89% across England. 17 are rated Outstanding, the top grade, among them St Anthony of Padua Care Services, St Cuthberts Care Supported Living and L S Care 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 home care agency in the NE 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. 91 of the 228 services in the NE 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.