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Mental health care in the Lincoln council area

There are 14 mental health care services in the Lincoln council area 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. Adult social care in the Lincoln council area is arranged by Lincolnshire, which paid providers £22.00 an hour in 2023-24, the 47th highest of 150 councils in England and 4% above the £21.19 median. That is 14 of the 26 home care services across the Lincoln local authority. Your council decides what care you are entitled to and what it pays towards, so this is the area that matters for funding.

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Honeycomb Care

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Not yet rated · on the register 7 years

  • 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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Sagecare (Lincoln)

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Requires improvementCQC, Jun 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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Bspoke Social Care

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Not yet rated · on the register 10 years

  • 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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H2H Community Care Ltd

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

GoodCQC, Mar 2020

  • 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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Aspire Day Service Ltd

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Not yet rated · on the register 4 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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St Katherine's Care Ltd

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

GoodCQC, May 2019one area rated lower

  • 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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Allerton C&S NE Limited

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

GoodCQC, May 2021one area rated lower

  • 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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Age UK Lincolnshire

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

GoodCQC, Apr 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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Bluebird Care Lincoln

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

GoodCQC, Jul 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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Sagecare Olsen Court

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

GoodCQC, Mar 2020

  • 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 Lincoln: questions people ask

How much does mental health care cost in the Lincoln council area?
Agencies in the Lincoln council area quote by the hour after an assessment, so there is no single price. 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. Lincolnshire paid £22.00 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for mental health care in the Lincoln council area?
Lincolnshire 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 £22.00 an hour in 2023-24, the 47th 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 the Lincoln council area are rated best?
9 of the 14 services in the Lincoln council area 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 the Lincoln council area well served for mental health care?
14 of the 26 home care services in the Lincoln council area are registered to support this, 54%, 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 the Lincoln council area?
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 the Lincoln council area 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.