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Mental health care in Birmingham

There are 258 mental health care services in Birmingham registered with the Care Quality Commission. 136 carry a published CQC rating, and 105 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 122 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. The council paid providers £17.83 an hour in 2023-24, the 5th lowest of 150 councils in England and 16% below the £21.19 median. That is 258 of the 371 home care services in Birmingham. Registration sets what a service is allowed to provide. It does not say how well it does it, so read the inspection report and ring two or three before you decide.

What home care costs in Birmingham

None of the 258 services in Birmingham 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.

How home care pricing works →

Birmingham paid independent agencies a median of £17.83 an hour for the home care it commissioned in 2023-24, against the £34.42 the Homecare Association says it costs to deliver in 2026-27. What every council pays →

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Clarence Care Ltd

Birmingham

GoodCQC, Feb 2019one area rated lower

  • Sensory impairments
  • Dementia
  • Learning disabilities
  • +5 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Assisted Lives (Birmingham)

Birmingham

Requires improvementCQC, Dec 2023

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +6 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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12 The Slieve

Birmingham

Not yet rated · on the register 1 year

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
  • Mental health conditions
  • +1 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
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not published
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Blessed Hearts Home Care

Birmingham

Requires improvementCQC, Feb 2022

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +7 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Linelife Care

Birmingham

GoodCQC, Sept 2022

  • 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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Four Oaks Healthcare limited

Birmingham

GoodCQC, May 2021one area rated lower

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +4 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Arden Place

Birmingham

GoodCQC, Apr 2019

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
  • +3 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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MH Quality Care Ltd

Birmingham

Not yet rated · on the register 4 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +6 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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The Care Workshop Limited

Birmingham

Not yet rated · on the register 3 years

  • 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
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Mental health care in Birmingham: questions people ask

How much does mental health care cost in Birmingham?
None of the 258 services in Birmingham 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. Birmingham paid £17.83 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for mental health care in Birmingham?
Birmingham can arrange and fund care after a needs assessment, which is free and which anyone can request. What you contribute depends on a separate financial assessment. It paid providers an average of £17.83 an hour in 2023-24, the 5th lowest of 150 councils in England. The Homecare Association's minimum sustainable price is £34.42 for 2026-27. Those are different years, so treat the pair as context rather than a like-for-like gap. What a council pays shapes which agencies will take council-funded work at all.
Which mental health care services in Birmingham are rated best?
136 of the 258 services in Birmingham carry a published CQC rating and 105 of those, 77%, are rated Good or Outstanding. That is below the 89% across England. None is rated Outstanding. A rating describes the service on the day it was inspected, so check the report date as well as the word.
Is Birmingham well served for mental health care?
258 of the 371 home care services in Birmingham are registered to support this, 70%, against 59% across England. That is better served than most places. Registration is permission rather than specialisation, so it sets the size of the list rather than its quality.
How do I choose a mental health care agency in Birmingham?
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. 122 of the 258 services in Birmingham 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.

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