Home Care in Haywards Heath
Haywards Heath has 8 CQC registered home care agencies. 4 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, and 3 have not yet been rated. 4 of the 8 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Haywards Heath at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Haywards Heath, 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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Arranging and Funding Home Care in Haywards Heath
Support at home is usually bought gradually, beginning with a single morning call and growing as needs do. Because it builds that way, families often work out the funding rules only once several hours a week are already in place. A care needs assessment brings some order to that, and it is free, open to anyone who appears to need support, and independent of what anyone can afford.
Getting a Care Needs Assessment
West Sussex County Council is the authority responsible for carrying out that assessment and for arranging funded support where a person is eligible. An assessor looks at washing, dressing, medicines, meals, mobility and risk, then sets out how much support would meet those needs and how often it should come. Where a relative is already providing care, they can ask for an assessment of their own needs alongside it, which is worth doing before things reach breaking point. The written outcome makes every later conversation with an agency far more precise.
What Home Care Costs and Who Pays
Agencies charge by the hour or by the visit, and rates rise for evenings, weekends and bank holidays. A financial assessment decides whether the council contributes, taking savings and income into account, and support at home is treated differently from residential care in that the value of the person's own house is disregarded. Some families take a direct payment and arrange the care themselves, which brings flexibility along with the work of managing it. Whichever route you take, ask for the rate in writing, check the minimum visit length, and ask what notice either side must give.
Choosing a Home Care Agency in Haywards Heath and What to Look For
What the Ratings Show and Where They Stop
The Caremark service covering Mid Sussex and Crawley holds the Outstanding rating, a judgement the Care Quality Commission does not award lightly. Classic Care Services Limited, Hurst Place, Abbey Care and Claimont Health are rated Good, awarded on findings about safety, effectiveness, care, responsiveness and leadership. Three agencies, including Esme Blake Care Services, Bright Care Recruitment Ltd and Eniola Care Ltd, have not yet been rated, which means judging them on how precisely they answer questions about staffing, training and supervision.
Questions That Separate Good Agencies From Poor Ones
Ask how many different carers would come over a typical fortnight, because continuity is what people notice most and what agencies find hardest to promise. Ask what happens when a carer is ill, how late a visit can run before you are told, and whether times are fixed or given as a window. Ask who supervises the carers, how often a manager visits the house, and how a complaint is handled once it has been made. Ask too how visits are recorded and whether the family can see those records, since that is often the only reliable window into what happens between calls. Ask finally how long the manager has been in post, because a settled office usually means settled rotas.
8 home care in Haywards Heath
- Caremark (Mid Sussex and Crawley) · JYW House, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 1UA
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Mycare Services Ltd
We are Caremark Mid Sussex and Crawley, based in Haywards Heath and supporting adults in their own homes. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is outstanding. We are proud of that and also clear about what it...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Hurst Place · 1 Kleinwort Close, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 4XH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Anchor Hanover Group
At Hurst Place, we provide home care to people living in Haywards Heath and the surrounding areas of West Sussex. We work with older adults, younger adults, and people living with dementia, supporting them to stay in the place they know...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults - Esme Blake Care Services · John De Mierre House, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 1UA
Home care · Run by Esme Blake Care Services Limited
Esme Blake Care provides support at home to adults in Haywards Heath and the surrounding part of West Sussex. We visit older people who need help to carry on living in their own houses, people with physical disabilities, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Abbey Care · Rear Office, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 4LA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by 3 F International Limited
Abbey Care provides support in people's own homes in Haywards Heath and across West Sussex. We work with older people, with younger adults, with people living with dementia, with people who have a learning disability or autism, with people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Eniola Care · Grove House, Haywards Heath, East Sussex, RH17 7RF
Home care · Run by Eniola Care Ltd
We at Eniola Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Haywards Heath and the surrounding communities of East Sussex, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Classic Care Services · 9 Knox Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH17 7BJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Classic Care Services Limited
At Classic Care, we provide home care support to people across Haywards Heath and the surrounding areas of West Sussex. We work with individuals who need a little extra help at home, whether that means support with day to day tasks,...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment - Claimont Health · Office 20 Delta House, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 1UA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Claimont Health Ltd
Claimont Health provides care and support to people in their own homes in Haywards Heath and the surrounding part of West Sussex. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people managing mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Bright Care Recruitment · 7 The Brambles, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH17 5BF
Home care · Run by Bright Care Recruitment Ltd
Bright Care Recruitment provides care and support at home in Haywards Heath and the surrounding part of West Sussex. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, people with visual or hearing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, 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
- Hurst Place, 28 July 2026, Good
- Eniola Care Ltd, 26 September 2024, Not yet rated
- Claimont Health, 30 January 2023, Good
Longest since a report
- Caremark (Mid Sussex and Crawley), 26 June 2018, Outstanding
- Abbey Care, 11 October 2018, Good
- Classic Care Services Limited, 17 January 2020, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Haywards Heath
How many home care agencies are there in Haywards Heath?
Haywards Heath has 8 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 4 Good, 3 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 Haywards Heath?
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 Haywards Heath were inspected most recently?
Hurst Place (28 July 2026), Eniola Care Ltd (26 September 2024) and Claimont Health (30 January 2023) have the most recent CQC reports.