Home Care in Burgess Hill
Burgess Hill has 10 CQC registered home care agencies. 8 are rated Good, 1 Requires improvement, and 1 has not yet been rated. 7 of the 10 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Burgess Hill at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Burgess Hill, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, South East: £28.00 to £36.96 an hour. Middle half of prices from 24 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 18,500. Rising to 21,800 by 2035, up 17%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,400. Rising to 3,100 by 2035, up 27%
- People aged 85 and over: 5,100. Rising to 8,000 by 2035, up 55%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 65%. The NHS ambition is 67%. West Sussex as a whole is 64%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 1 opened, 2 closed. 21 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 75 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.6 miles).
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Choosing a Home Care Agency in Burgess Hill and What to Look For
Ten agencies cover Burgess Hill, and with eight of them rated Good the published record will only take a shortlist so far. The decision then rests on whether an agency can reliably cover the times you need, on how consistent its carers are, and on 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: help with washing, dressing, moving about, meals and medication, along with company and a regular check that all is well. Clinical work requiring 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 begun.
Making use of the inspection record
Open each published report rather than stopping at the summary word. Every inspection answers five questions, asking whether a service is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led, so an agency rated Good overall can still carry a weaker judgement in one of them. Where an agency has been told it requires improvement, the report sets out exactly what inspectors found and when. For the agency with no rating, ask when it registered and whether an inspection has been scheduled.
Questions that separate one agency from another
Ask how many different carers are likely to visit in a typical week, because 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 Caretouch Burgess Hill, Everycare Midsussex and Guardian Angel Carers Mid Sussex appear on this page, and their answers will tell you far more than any listing.
Arranging and Funding Care at Home in Burgess Hill
Charges for help at home follow the hours booked rather than arriving as a single weekly figure, which keeps a package flexible but makes the running total harder to predict. Settling which funding route applies early makes everything that follows 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 West Sussex 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 any 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 visits and when.
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 Burgess Hill vary, and evening, weekend and bank holiday visits generally cost more, so make sure you are comparing like with like before deciding.
10 home care in Burgess Hill
- St George's Park · St George's Park, Burgess Hill, East Sussex, RH15 0SF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by St George's Park Limited
We at St George's Park are proud to provide compassionate home care across Burgess Hill and the surrounding East Sussex communities, supporting older people and adults to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability - Sister Led Care · 28 Church Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9AE
Home care · Run by Sister Led Care Ltd
Sister Led Care provides care at home in Burgess Hill and the surrounding parts of West Sussex. We support older adults and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with mental health conditions, and people with a physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Caretouch · CITIBASE BURGESS HILL, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9QU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Caretouch Limited
At Caretouch Burgess Hill, we provide home care to people living in Burgess Hill and the surrounding areas of West Sussex. Our work centres on supporting people in the place that matters most to them — their own home — and we take that...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Everycare Midsussex · 191-193 London Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9RN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Cura Muneris Limited
We at Everycare Midsussex are proud to provide compassionate home care across Burgess Hill and the surrounding communities of West Sussex, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know and love best: their own home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - KD Healthcare · Suite D, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9LH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Karpe Diem Healthcare Ltd
At KD Healthcare, we provide home care support to people living in Burgess Hill and the surrounding areas of West Sussex. Our aim is straightforward: to help people remain comfortable, safe and as independent as possible in their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Bluebird Care (Sussex Weald) · Suite F & H, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9LH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Bayford New Horizons Limited
We are Bluebird Care covering the Sussex Weald, working from Burgess Hill and supporting people in their own homes across the area. We work with older people and people living with dementia, people with a physical disability or a visual or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Corbett Court · The Brow, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9DD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Yourlife Management Services Limited
Corbett Court is a home care agency supporting people in Burgess Hill and across this part of West Sussex. We visit people in their own homes and we arrange calls around the way someone already lives rather than around what suits a rota....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Coastal Homecare (Mid-Sussex) · 99 Church Walk, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9BQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Coastal Homecare (Hove) Limited
We at Coastal Homecare (Mid-Sussex) are proud to provide compassionate home care across Burgess Hill and the surrounding West Sussex communities. As a dedicated domiciliary care agency, we support people to live well in the place they know...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - GoodOaks Homecare · 5A Mill Court, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 8DN
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Sussex Homecare Support Limited
We provide care at home in Burgess Hill and the surrounding parts of West Sussex. Those we support include older adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people with physical disabilities,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Guardian Angel Carers Mid Sussex · York House 13a, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9DE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Lacaz Bhurrut Ltd
Guardian Angel Carers Mid Sussex supports people in their own homes in Burgess Hill and across Mid Sussex. We work with older people, with people living with dementia, with people who have physical disabilities and with younger adults who...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, South East Middle half of prices from 24 agencies. Median £32.92. Shown for South East because too few West Sussex agencies publish a rate. | £28.00 to £36.96 an hour |
| What West Sussex pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £28.92 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
- GoodOaks Homecare, 28 July 2025, Requires improvement
- Everycare Midsussex, 12 February 2024, Good
- Guardian Angel Carers Mid Sussex, 21 June 2023, Good
Longest since a report
- Bluebird Care (Sussex Weald), 12 July 2018, Good
- Coastal Homecare (Mid-Sussex), 17 May 2019, Good
- St George's Park Limited, 31 October 2019, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Burgess Hill
How many home care agencies are there in Burgess Hill?
Burgess Hill has 10 CQC registered home care agencies: 8 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 Burgess Hill?
Hourly care visits, South East: £28.00 to £36.96 an hour. Middle half of prices from 24 agencies. Median £32.92. Shown for South East because too few West Sussex 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 Burgess Hill were inspected most recently?
GoodOaks Homecare (28 July 2025), Everycare Midsussex (12 February 2024) and Guardian Angel Carers Mid Sussex (21 June 2023) have the most recent CQC reports.