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Mental health care in Cheltenham

There are 15 mental health care services in Cheltenham registered with the Care Quality Commission. 11 carry a published CQC rating, and 10 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 4 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 Cheltenham is arranged by Gloucestershire, which paid providers £26.61 an hour in 2023-24, the 6th highest of 150 councils in England and 26% above the £21.19 median. That is 15 of the 34 home care services in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham

None of the 15 services in Cheltenham 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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Gloucestershire paid independent agencies a median of £26.61 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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My-Care Healthcare Ltd

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Not yet rated · on the register 3 years

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Mental health conditions
  • +1 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Raynsford Domiciliary Care

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Not yet rated · on the register 10 years

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Learning disabilities
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Expeditions Living

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

GoodCQC, Oct 2020

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
  • Mental health conditions
  • +1 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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AH Care Ltd

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

OutstandingCQC, Jun 2019one area rated lower

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +5 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Bramble Home Care Limited

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Not yet rated · on the register 11 years

  • 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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Hope Care Service Agency

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

GoodCQC, May 2023

  • 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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Alpha Care Services

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

GoodCQC, Mar 2019one area rated lower

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Mental health conditions
  • +1 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Person Centred Care

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

GoodCQC, Mar 2020one area rated lower

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +5 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Safehands Recruitment Ltd

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

GoodCQC, Mar 2023

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
  • +5 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Hartley Care Compass Ltd

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Not yet rated · on the register 2 years

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Mental health conditions
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Cotswold Carers Ltd

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

GoodCQC, Mar 2019one area rated lower

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +3 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Benhall Care

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Requires improvementCQC, Aug 2022

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Learning disabilities
  • +3 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Phemacare Ltd

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

GoodCQC, Mar 2019

  • 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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Mental health care in Cheltenham: questions people ask

How much does mental health care cost in Cheltenham?
None of the 15 services in Cheltenham 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. Gloucestershire paid £26.61 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for mental health care in Cheltenham?
Gloucestershire 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 £26.61 an hour in 2023-24, the 6th 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 Cheltenham are rated best?
11 of the 15 services in Cheltenham carry a published CQC rating and 10 of those, 91%, are rated Good or Outstanding. 1 is rated Outstanding, the top grade: AH Care Ltd. A rating describes the service on the day it was inspected, so check the report date as well as the word.
Is Cheltenham well served for mental health care?
15 of the 34 home care services in Cheltenham are registered to support this, 44%, against 59% across England. That is less well served than most places, so widening your search may help. 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 Cheltenham?
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. 4 of the 15 services in Cheltenham 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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