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Home care in the WS postcode area

There are 129 home care services in the WS postcode area registered with the Care Quality Commission. 55 carry a published CQC rating, and 41 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 74 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 15 postcode districts and 6 towns. Postcode areas cut across council boundaries, so more than one local authority is involved.

What home care costs in the WS postcode area

None of the 129 services in the WS 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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TLCareServices Limited

Walsall

Not yet rated · on the register 4 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Services for everyone
  • +6 more
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not published
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not published
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not published
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Miss Leanne Porter

Lichfield, Staffordshire

Requires improvementCQC, Jan 2023

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +3 more
Hourly rate
not published
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not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Upward Care Limited

Walsall

GoodCQC, Dec 2019

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
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not published
Shortest visit
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Postcode districts in WS

  • WS11 23
  • WS3 22
  • WS1 21
  • WS10 15
  • WS2 8
  • WS9 7
  • WS12 7
  • WS14 6
  • WS4 5
  • WS13 4
  • WS8 3
  • WS7 3
  • WS6 2
  • WS5 2
  • WS15 1

Towns in WS

Home care in WS postcodes: questions people ask

How much does home care cost in the WS postcode area?
Agencies in the WS 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 WS 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 WS postcode area are rated best?
55 of the 129 services in the WS postcode area carry a published CQC rating and 41 of those, 75%, are rated Good or Outstanding. That is below the 89% across England. 3 are rated Outstanding, the top grade: Housing 21 - Knaves Court, Home Instead Senior Care and Breakthrough Case Management. 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 WS 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. 74 of the 129 services in the WS 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.