Home Care in Fleetwood
Fleetwood has 4 CQC registered home care agencies. 4 are rated Good. 3 of the 4 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Fleetwood at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Fleetwood, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, North West: £25.00 to £28.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 9 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 17,800. Rising to 21,500 by 2035, up 21%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,300. Rising to 2,900 by 2035, up 27%
- People aged 85 and over: 4,600. Rising to 6,500 by 2035, up 42%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 68%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Lancashire as a whole is 70%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 0 opened, 0 closed. 15 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 55 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.5 miles).
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Choosing a home care agency in Fleetwood
What the registration actually covers
Domiciliary registration allows an agency to send trained workers into a person's own home to help with washing and dressing, medication, meals, moving safely about the house and keeping company. It does not place a nurse at the bedside, and it does not supply the round the clock presence of a care home, so the first question is honest rather than technical: how many hours, at what times of day, would actually make the week work. Agencies in Fleetwood will quote on that basis, and the answer tends to change as needs do.
Reliability matters more than the brochure
All four agencies listed on this page hold a Care Quality Commission rating of Good, which makes the inspection reports useful for separating them rather than ranking them. Read what inspectors recorded about staffing levels, timekeeping and how the agency responds when something goes wrong, because a visiting service is judged in practice by whether the call arrives when it was promised. Ask how many different workers a person is likely to see in a fortnight, and whether the same small team can be kept.
Questions worth putting to a coordinator
Ask who writes the care plan and how often it is revisited, how late a call has to be before the office rings to warn you, and what happens when a regular worker is ill or on leave. Ask how medication support is recorded, how concerns are raised, and whether the agency can increase hours at short notice if a relative comes out of hospital needing more help than before.
Arranging and funding home care in Fleetwood
Start with a care needs assessment
Anyone who appears to need care and support can ask for a care needs assessment, whatever their savings, and it is sensible to request one before committing to a private arrangement. Approaching Hampshire County Council Adult Social Care sets that assessment in motion, and the written outcome describes what support is needed and why, which helps when you brief an agency. A relative providing unpaid care can ask for a carer assessment of their own at the same time, and that request is often forgotten in the rush.
How the cost is shared
A financial assessment follows, weighing capital and income against the national thresholds. Where someone qualifies for support, the authority may meet part or all of the cost of a package, and a personal budget or direct payment can let a family choose the agency themselves. Above the upper capital threshold, home care is normally paid for privately.
Reading a quote properly
Hourly rates differ between agencies and usually rise for evenings, weekends and bank holidays, while shorter calls often carry a higher rate per hour than longer ones. Ask for the full schedule in writing, including travel charges and the notice required to cancel a visit, then set those terms beside the inspection reports linked above.
4 home care in Fleetwood
- Park View · 85 Warrenhurst Road, Fleetwood, Lancashire, FY7 6TP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Langley House Trust
We at Park View are proud to offer trusted home care across Fleetwood and the surrounding Lancashire communities, supporting individuals to live well and independently within the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. Based in the FY...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - The Local Care · 130 Blakiston Street, Fleetwood, Lancashire, FY7 6LQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mrs Hayley Harper
The Local Care provides care at home in Fleetwood and the surrounding part of Lancashire. We support people living with dementia, adults with mental health conditions, people with a physical disability or a visual or hearing impairment,...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Wyre Domiciliary Service · Wyre Day Service, Fleetwood, Lancashire, FY7 7PN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Lancashire County Council
We are a domiciliary care team based in Fleetwood, supporting adults in their own homes across the Wyre area of Lancashire. Much of our work is with adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, and we go about it by supporting...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism - Cera · Zone 1, Fleetwood, Lancashire, FY7 6SR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Cera Care Operations Limited
Cera in Lancashire provides care and support in people's own homes in Fleetwood and the surrounding area. Most people would far rather stay where they are than move, and our work is to make that a safe and dependable arrangement. We...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, North West Middle half of prices from 9 agencies. Median £26.58. Shown for North West because too few Lancashire agencies publish a rate. | £25.00 to £28.90 an hour |
| What Lancashire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £23.74 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
- Park View, 11 January 2024, Good
- The Local Care, 19 March 2019, Good
- Cera - Lancashire, 13 December 2018, Good
Longest since a report
- Wyre Domiciliary Service, 27 September 2018, Good
- Cera - Lancashire, 13 December 2018, Good
- The Local Care, 19 March 2019, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Fleetwood
How many home care agencies are there in Fleetwood?
Fleetwood has 4 CQC registered home care agencies: 4 Good. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.
How much does home care cost in Fleetwood?
Hourly care visits, North West: £25.00 to £28.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 9 agencies. Median £26.58. Shown for North West because too few Lancashire 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 Fleetwood were inspected most recently?
Park View (11 January 2024), The Local Care (19 March 2019) and Cera - Lancashire (13 December 2018) have the most recent CQC reports.