Substance misuse support in the Forest of Dean council area
There is 1 substance misuse support service in the Forest of Dean council area registered with the Care Quality Commission. 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 Forest of Dean council area 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 1 of the 15 home care services across the Forest of Dean 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.
Substance misuse support in Forest of Dean: questions people ask
How much does substance misuse support cost in the Forest of Dean council area?
Agencies in the Forest of Dean 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. Gloucestershire paid £26.61 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for substance misuse support in the Forest of Dean council area?
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.
How do I choose a substance misuse support agency in the Forest of Dean 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. 1 of the 1 services in the Forest of Dean 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.