How many home care services provide mental health care?

9,226 services are registered to support mental health conditions, which is 59% of the 15,668 the CQC categorises this way. These categories are an English thing: the Care Inspectorate does not publish them, so Scottish services are absent from this count rather than uninterested. It rules some agencies out, though most that offer it also offer a great deal else.

Does being registered for mental health care mean a service specialises in it?

No. Registration sets what a service is permitted to provide, not what it does most days. 92% of these services are also registered for elderly care, and the typical one holds 7 registrations in all. Only 8 are registered for this and nothing else. Ask an agency how many of its current clients have needs like yours.

Are mental health care services rated well?

4,644 of the 9,226 carry a published CQC rating, and 89% of those are Good or Outstanding, including 226 rated Outstanding. 504 require improvement. A rating covers the whole service, not this specialism on its own.

How do I find mental health care near me?

Start from your town rather than the national list, because availability is local and an agency registered for this may not have capacity where you live. Every service here comes from the public register, and contacting one costs nothing: we take no fee and no commission.

Mental health support at home

9,226 home care services across England and Scotland are registered with the Care Quality Commission to support support with a mental health condition. Before you use that as a shortlist, it is worth knowing how much it actually narrows things, because the honest answer is different for every condition.

How much this narrows it

9,226 services register for this, 59% of those the CQC categorises. It rules some agencies out, but most that offer it also offer a great deal else.

registered for mental health care and nothing else, out of 9,226

92%

are also registered for elderly care

specialisms the typical one holds

A service registers for everything it may lawfully provide, not everything it is good at. So treat this list as the agencies allowed to help, then ask each one the questions that actually separate them: how many of their current clients have this, who would be coming, and what happens when that person is off.

Twelve questions to ask an agency →

What the CQC makes of them

4,644 of these 9,226 services carry a published rating, which is 50%. The rest have not been inspected since registering, which is not a mark against them.

226

Outstanding

3,908

Good

504

Requires improvement

Inadequate

England only, and here is why. The Care Inspectorate records every Scottish home care service as supporting “Adults” and nothing more specific, so none of the 2,398 Scottish services can appear on this page. That is a gap in the Scottish record rather than in the services. Browse home care in Scotland →

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Mental health care: questions people ask

How many home care services provide mental health care?: 9,226 services are registered to support mental health conditions, which is 59% of the 15,668 the CQC categorises this way. These categories are an English thing: the Care Inspectorate does not publish them, so Scottish services are absent from this count rather than uninterested. It rules some agencies out, though most that offer it also offer a great deal else.
Does being registered for mental health care mean a service specialises in it?: No. Registration sets what a service is permitted to provide, not what it does most days. 92% of these services are also registered for elderly care, and the typical one holds 7 registrations in all. Only 8 are registered for this and nothing else. Ask an agency how many of its current clients have needs like yours.
Are mental health care services rated well?: 4,644 of the 9,226 carry a published CQC rating, and 89% of those are Good or Outstanding, including 226 rated Outstanding. 504 require improvement. A rating covers the whole service, not this specialism on its own.
How do I find mental health care near me?: Start from your town rather than the national list, because availability is local and an agency registered for this may not have capacity where you live. Every service here comes from the public register, and contacting one costs nothing: we take no fee and no commission.