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Mental health care in the Reading council area

There are 37 mental health care services in the Reading council area registered with the Care Quality Commission. 17 carry a published CQC rating, and 15 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 20 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 £21.72 an hour in 2023-24, the 61st highest of 150 councils in England and 3% above the £21.19 median. That is 37 of the 67 home care services across the Reading 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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Care @ Home Newbury Ltd

Reading

Requires improvementCQC, Apr 2023

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +4 more
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not published
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not published
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not published
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Cherry Sprouts Limited

Reading

Not yet rated · on the register 2 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +4 more
Hourly rate
not published
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not published
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not published
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Parkside

Reading

Not yet rated · on the register 11 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
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not published
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not published
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Pentland Close

Reading

Not yet rated · on the register 5 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
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not published
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not published
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Rehability UK Berkshire

Reading

GoodCQC, Nov 2023

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
  • Mental health conditions
  • +1 more
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not published
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not published
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not published
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Superb Healthcare

Reading

Requires improvementCQC, May 2023

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +5 more
Hourly rate
not published
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not published
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not published
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Salis Care C.I.C.

Reading

Not yet rated · on the register 3 years

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Learning disabilities
  • +3 more
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not published
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not published
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not published
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Medical Wing Locums Ltd

Reading

Not yet rated · on the register 4 years

  • Dementia
  • Mental health conditions
  • Caring for adults over 65 yrs
  • +1 more
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not published
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not published
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Beckland Care Limited

Reading

GoodCQC, Jul 2023one area rated lower

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
  • Mental health conditions
  • +2 more
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Mental health care in Reading: questions people ask

How much does mental health care cost in the Reading council area?
Agencies in the Reading 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. Reading paid £21.72 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for mental health care in the Reading council area?
Reading 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 £21.72 an hour in 2023-24, the 61st 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 Reading council area are rated best?
17 of the 37 services in the Reading council area carry a published CQC rating and 15 of those, 88%, 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 Reading council area well served for mental health care?
37 of the 67 home care services in the Reading council area are registered to support this, 55%, 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 Reading 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. 20 of the 37 services in the Reading 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.