Home Care in Ashington
Ashington has 12 CQC registered home care agencies. 9 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, 1 Requires improvement, and 1 has not yet been rated. 8 of the 12 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Ashington at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Ashington, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, England: £25.00 to £34.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 102 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 45,100. Rising to 56,100 by 2035, up 25%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 5,800. Rising to 7,600 by 2035, up 31%
- People aged 85 and over: 11,000. Rising to 17,500 by 2035, up 59%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 62%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 2 opened, 0 closed. 39 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 29 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is about 1 miles away (1.1 miles).
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Choosing a Home Care Agency in Ashington and What to Look For
Twelve agencies cover Ashington, and with most of them rated Good the published record will only take a shortlist so far. The decision then rests on practical matters: whether an agency can reliably cover the times you need, how consistent its carers are, and what it charges outside normal hours.
What a registered agency provides
Every provider here is registered to deliver personal care in someone's own home, which covers help with washing, dressing, moving about, meals and medication, along with company and a regular check that all is well. Clinical work needing a qualified nurse, such as complex wound care, falls outside that registration and is arranged separately through health services. Raise needs of that kind at the first conversation rather than after a package has started.
Making use of the inspection record
One agency serving Ashington has been judged Outstanding, nine are rated Good, one has been told it requires improvement, and one is yet to be rated. Open the report rather than stopping at the summary word, because each inspection answers five questions about whether a service is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led, and an agency rated Good overall can still carry a weaker judgement in one area. Where an agency requires improvement, the report sets out exactly what inspectors found and when.
Questions that separate one agency from another
Ask how many different carers are likely to visit in a typical week, since continuity matters more to most households than anything else on the list. Ask what happens when a regular carer is unwell, how you will be told if a visit is running late, and who answers the telephone out of hours. Check the minimum visit length, how medication support is recorded, and how the care plan is reviewed as needs change. Agencies such as Choice Care Services Limited, Cavendish Homecare Ltd and Willowbrook appear on this page, and their answers will tell you more than a listing can.
Arranging and Funding Care at Home in Ashington
Charges follow the hours booked rather than a single weekly figure, which keeps a package flexible but makes the total harder to predict at the start. Establishing which funding route applies early makes everything that follows considerably simpler.
Requesting a care needs assessment
Any adult who appears to need care and support can ask for a care needs assessment, and a relative providing care can request a separate carer's assessment in their own right. Both are arranged through Northumberland County Council adult social care, the authority responsible for assessing need and for arranging funded support where a person qualifies. The assessment records how someone manages washing, dressing, meals, medication and moving about, and it produces a written statement of need rather than a recommendation of a particular agency.
Who pays, and how much
Where eligible needs are identified, a financial assessment considers income and capital. Savings above the upper threshold mean the care is funded privately; below it, the authority contributes and the person pays an assessed share. Some households take a direct payment instead and arrange support themselves, which gives more say over who comes and at what time.
Reading a schedule of charges
Ask each agency for its charges in writing and check what a quoted rate actually includes. Travel time between calls, mileage, visits needing two carers, and short notice cancellations are treated differently from one agency to another. Rates across Ashington vary, and evening, weekend and bank holiday visits usually cost more, so make sure you are comparing like with like.
12 home care in Ashington
- KM Home Support · 4 Danbury Close, Washington, Sunderland, NE38 8FA
Home care · Run by Mrs Kelly McGillan
KM Home Support provides care to people in their own homes in Washington and the surrounding parts of Sunderland. We work with older people and with younger adults who need some help to manage from day to day, and our aim is to make...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - Age UK · The Round House, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9JZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Age UK Northumberland
We provide care at home across Northumberland, working from Ashington. We support older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic people, people with mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Choice Care Services · 1 Hall Road, Washington, Sunderland, NE37 3EU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Choice Care Services Limited
Choice Care provides support in people's own homes in Washington and across Sunderland. Our aim is to give people enough help to carry on living where they want to live, with support that arrives when it should. We visit older people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Mid & North Domiciliary Care Agency · 32 Wansbeck Workspace, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 8QZ
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Royal Mencap Society
We at Northumberland Mid & North Domiciliary Care Agency are proud to provide compassionate home care across Ashington and the surrounding communities of Northumberland, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - ISSAC · 15/16 Wansbeck Workspace, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 8QZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by ISSAC Ltd
ISSAC provides care in people's own homes in Ashington and across Northumberland. We support older people, adults living with dementia, people with learning disabilities and autistic adults, those living with mental ill health, people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Willowbrook · Willow Brook, Washington, Sunderland, NE37 2AG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by The Riverside Group Limited
Willowbrook provides care at home to people in Washington and across Sunderland. We work with older people and people living with dementia, with people who have mental health needs and with younger adults who need support to live...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults - Forget me not homecare services · 6 Wansbeck Workspace, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 8QZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Forget me not homecare services Ltd
Forget me not homecare supports people in their own homes across Ashington and the surrounding parts of Northumberland. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, those managing a mental health condition, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Housing 21 - Woodridge · Woodridge Gardens, Washington, Sunderland, NE38 7NZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Housing 21
Woodridge in Washington, part of Housing 21, provides care and support to people living in their own homes here. We work with older people, people living with dementia, people living with mental ill health, adults with a physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Cavendish Homecare · 17 Lintonville Terrace, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9UN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Cavendish Homecare Ltd
Cavendish Homecare is a home care agency in Ashington, supporting adults in their own homes across this part of Northumberland. The people we work with are a broad mix: older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Positive Support For You CIC · 23 Wansbeck Workspace, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 8QZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Positive Support for You CIC
At Positive Support For You CIC, we provide home care to people living in Ashington and across Northumberland, supporting individuals to live as independently as possible in the place that matters most to them: their own home. We work with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - TC Care Global · 1st Floor, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9UN
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by TC Care Global Ltd
TC Care Global provides care at home to people in Ashington and across Northumberland. We work with older people and people living with dementia, with people who have mental health needs, physical disabilities or a visual or hearing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Sphere Specialist Healthcare · Suite 9-11, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 8UG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Sphere Specialist Healthcare Ltd
Sphere Specialist Healthcare supports people across Ashington and the surrounding part of Northumberland in their own homes. We plan support around what somebody wants their week to look like rather than around a standard package of tasks....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, England Middle half of prices from 102 agencies. Median £31.00. Shown for England because too few Northumberland agencies publish a rate. | £25.00 to £34.90 an hour |
| What Northumberland pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £28.24 an hour |
| Homecare Association minimum price 2026 to 2027. The Association's estimate of the lowest price that covers the cost of delivering care. It is not a legal minimum. | £34.42 an hour |
| Live in care, England Middle half of prices from 62 agencies. Median £1,455. | £1,250 to £1,668 a week |
Published prices come from agencies that publish rates, so treat them as a guide. Ask the agency for its own price. Powered by Orrery Intelligence.
Inspected most recently
- TC Care Global Ltd, 5 March 2025, Requires improvement
- Sphere Specialist Healthcare, 22 May 2024, Good
- Forget me not homecare services ltd, 9 December 2023, Good
Longest since a report
- Northumberland Mid & North Domiciliary Care Agency, 15 January 2019, Outstanding
- Age UK - Northumberland, 4 September 2019, Good
- Choice Care Services Limited, 18 October 2019, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Ashington
How many home care agencies are there in Ashington?
Ashington has 12 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 9 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 1 not yet rated. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.
How much does home care cost in Ashington?
Hourly care visits, England: £25.00 to £34.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 102 agencies. Median £31.00. Shown for England because too few Northumberland agencies publish a rate. Published prices come from agencies that publish rates, so treat them as a guide. Ask the agency for its own price.
Which home care agencies in Ashington were inspected most recently?
TC Care Global Ltd (5 March 2025), Sphere Specialist Healthcare (22 May 2024) and Forget me not homecare services ltd (9 December 2023) have the most recent CQC reports.