How much does mental health care cost in Bristol?

None of the 117 services in Bristol 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. City of Bristol paid £23.00 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.

Will the council pay for mental health care in Bristol?

City of Bristol 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 £23.00 an hour in 2023-24, the 34th highest 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 Bristol are rated best?

56 of the 117 services in Bristol carry a published CQC rating and 56 of those, 100%, are rated Good or Outstanding. That is above the 89% across England. 2 are rated Outstanding, the top grade: Bluebird Care (South Gloucestershire) and Milestones Supported Living Service. A rating describes the service on the day it was inspected, so check the report date as well as the word.

Is Bristol well served for mental health care?

117 of the 206 home care services in Bristol are registered to support this, 57%, against 59% across England. That is about average. 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 Bristol?

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. 61 of the 117 services in Bristol 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.

Mental health care in Bristol

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.

What home care costs in Bristol

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.

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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 →

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