There are 117 mental health care services in Bristol registered with the Care Quality Commission. 56 carry a published CQC rating, and 56 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 61 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. Adult social care in Bristol is arranged by City of Bristol, which paid providers £23.00 an hour in 2023-24, the 34th highest of 150 councils in England and 9% above the £21.19 median. That is 117 of the 206 home care services in Bristol. 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.
None of the 117 services in Bristol 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.
Bristol, City of paid independent agencies a median of £23.00 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 →
Order is affected by subscription level. How we order results
Bristol, Bristol, City of
Not yet rated · on the register 2 years
Bristol, Bristol, City of
Not yet rated · on the register 3 years
Bristol, South Gloucestershire
GoodCQC, Aug 2023
Bristol, Bristol, City of
GoodCQC, Oct 2021
Bristol, Bristol, City of
Not yet rated · on the register 10 years
Bristol, Bristol, City of
GoodCQC, Feb 2020
Bristol, Bristol, City of
Not yet rated · on the register 3 years
Bristol, Bristol, City of
Not yet rated · on the register 1 year
Bristol, Bristol, City of
GoodCQC, Oct 2023
Bristol, Bristol, City of
Not yet rated · on the register 3 years
Bristol, South Gloucestershire
GoodCQC, Jul 2021
Bristol, South Gloucestershire
Not yet rated · on the register 1 year
Bristol, South Gloucestershire
Newly registered, not yet rated
Bristol, South Gloucestershire
Not yet rated · on the register 1 year
Bristol, South Gloucestershire
GoodCQC, Oct 2018
Bristol, Bristol, City of
Not yet rated · on the register 5 years
Bristol, Bristol, City of
Newly registered, not yet rated
Bristol, South Gloucestershire
GoodCQC, Jul 2020
Bristol, South Gloucestershire
Not yet rated · on the register 6 years
Bristol, South Gloucestershire
GoodCQC, Nov 2022
Bristol, Bristol, City of
Not yet rated · on the register 1 year
Bristol, Bristol, City of
Not yet rated · on the register 15 years
Bristol, South Gloucestershire
GoodCQC, Mar 2020
Bristol, Bristol, City of
Not yet rated · on the register 14 years