Not yet rated · on the register 2 years
- Sensory impairments
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- Dementia
- +2 more
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
Sensory impairment care in York
There are 41 sensory impairment care services in York registered with the Care Quality Commission. 24 carry a published CQC rating, and 22 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 17 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 £23.58 an hour in 2023-24, the 29th highest of 150 councils in England and 11% above the £21.19 median. That is 41 of the 59 home care services in York. 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 York
None of the 41 services in York 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.
York paid independent agencies a median of £23.58 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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GoodCQC, Jun 2021
- Sensory impairments
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- Dementia
- +2 more
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
GoodCQC, Mar 2023one 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
UK Case Management Limited
York, North Yorkshire
GoodCQC, Dec 2023
- Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
- Sensory impairments
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- +2 more
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
The Oaks
York
Not yet rated · on the register 6 years
- Sensory impairments
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- Dementia
- +2 more
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
SureCare York
York
GoodCQC, Apr 2019
- Sensory impairments
- Services for everyone
- Dementia
- +3 more
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
Age UK York
York
GoodCQC, Oct 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
Not yet rated · on the register 3 years
- 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
Newly registered, not yet rated
- Sensory impairments
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- Dementia
- +2 more
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
Simpson Living LTD
York, East Riding of Yorkshire
Newly registered, not yet rated
- Sensory impairments
- Dementia
- Caring for adults over 65 yrs
- +1 more
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
Requires improvementCQC, Feb 2023
- Sensory impairments
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- Learning disabilities
- +3 more
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
Guardian Angel Carers York
York, North Yorkshire
Not yet rated · on the register 3 years
- Sensory impairments
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- Dementia
- +2 more
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
Spring Hill Court
York, North Yorkshire
GoodCQC, Jan 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
GoodCQC, Jul 2017
- Sensory impairments
- Dementia
- Learning disabilities
- +2 more
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
Acomb Carers
York
Not yet rated · on the register 2 years
- 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
OutstandingCQC, Apr 2023one 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
GoodCQC, Sept 2022
- Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
- Sensory impairments
- Learning disabilities
- +1 more
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
Sensory impairment care in York: questions people ask
- How much does sensory impairment care cost in York?
- None of the 41 services in York 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. York paid £23.58 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
- Will the council pay for sensory impairment care in York?
- York 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 £23.58 an hour in 2023-24, the 29th 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 sensory impairment care services in York are rated best?
- 24 of the 41 services in York carry a published CQC rating and 22 of those, 92%, are rated Good or Outstanding. That is above the 89% across England. 1 is rated Outstanding, the top grade: Radfield Home Care York & Rural. A rating describes the service on the day it was inspected, so check the report date as well as the word.
- Is York well served for sensory impairment care?
- 41 of the 59 home care services in York are registered to support this, 69%, 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 sensory impairment care agency in York?
- 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. 17 of the 41 services in York 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.