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Mental health care in South Croydon

There are 14 mental health care services in South Croydon registered with the Care Quality Commission. 9 carry a published CQC rating, and 8 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 5 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 £19.20 an hour in 2023-24, the 24th lowest of 150 councils in England and 9% below the £21.19 median. That is 14 of the 20 home care services in South Croydon. 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 South Croydon

None of the 14 services in South Croydon 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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Croydon paid independent agencies a median of £19.20 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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Croham Court

South Croydon, Croydon

Not yet rated · on the register 1 year

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Mental health conditions
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Care Connexions UK Limited

South Croydon, Croydon

Not yet rated · on the register 6 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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Crown46 Client Care

South Croydon, Croydon

GoodCQC, Feb 2023

  • 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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GGW Care Limited

South Croydon, Croydon

Not yet rated · on the register 9 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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Comfort Living Care Office

South Croydon, Croydon

GoodCQC, Jan 2022

  • 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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Caremark (Croydon)

South Croydon, Croydon

GoodCQC, Nov 2018

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +6 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Simply Care Partners

South Croydon, Croydon

GoodCQC, Aug 2019

  • 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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We Care4Care ltd

South Croydon, Croydon

Requires improvementCQC, Feb 2023

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • 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 South Croydon: questions people ask

How much does mental health care cost in South Croydon?
None of the 14 services in South Croydon 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. Croydon paid £19.20 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for mental health care in South Croydon?
Croydon 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 £19.20 an hour in 2023-24, the 24th 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 South Croydon are rated best?
9 of the 14 services in South Croydon carry a published CQC rating and 8 of those, 89%, are rated Good or Outstanding. 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 South Croydon well served for mental health care?
14 of the 20 home care services in South Croydon 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 South Croydon?
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. 5 of the 14 services in South Croydon 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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