Home Care in Leek
Leek has 7 CQC registered home care agencies. 5 are rated Good, and 2 have not yet been rated. 4 of the 7 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Leek at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Leek, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, West Midlands: £28.30 to £32.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 8 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 14,100. Rising to 15,400 by 2035, up 10%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,800. Rising to 2,200 by 2035, up 21%
- People aged 85 and over: 3,600. Rising to 5,400 by 2035, up 50%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 67%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Staffordshire as a whole is 68%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 1 opened, 1 closed. 10 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 113 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is about 2 miles away (2.1 miles).
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What Home Care in Leek Involves
Support That Comes to the Person
Home care means visits from trained workers to someone's own home, arranged around what they need rather than around a building. That might be a single morning call to help with washing and dressing, several visits a day covering medication and meals, or a longer stay that gives a family carer time to themselves. The person keeps their own routine and their own front door, which is why many families try this route before considering a move.
Reading the Published Record
Five of the seven providers listed hold a Good rating and two have not yet been rated. An absent rating is not a warning in itself, but it does mean less published evidence to weigh, so those agencies deserve closer questioning. Where a report does exist, it separates findings on safety, effectiveness, caring, responsiveness and leadership and says exactly what inspectors found and when. Check the inspection date too, since a manager may have changed since.
Questions Worth Asking First
Ask how many different care workers would visit across a fortnight, because continuity matters more than almost anything else once support begins. Find out how visits are timed, what happens if a worker is delayed or off sick and who can be reached outside office hours. Ask how staff are trained and supervised, how the care plan is written and how often it is reviewed.
Getting an Assessment and Sorting Out Funding
The Care Needs Assessment
A care needs assessment records formally what help someone needs, and it is free to anyone who appears to require support, whatever their savings. Families can ask Staffordshire County Council to carry one out, and a relative already providing care can request a separate assessment of their own needs. Keep the written outcome, because every agency you approach will want much the same information.
Rates and Contributions
Home care is charged by the hour or by the visit, so the weekly figure depends on how many calls are needed and how long each one lasts. Where eligible needs are identified and a financial assessment shows capital below the relevant threshold, the council may meet part or all of the cost, with an assessed contribution paid from income. Support is sometimes arranged as a direct payment, which lets a family choose the provider themselves. Ask for rates in writing, including weekend and bank holiday charges, and check what notice is needed to change or cancel a visit.
7 home care in Leek
- Families Care · Unit 3, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 5QG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mrs Paula Ann Shepherd
Families Care provides care and support to people in their own homes in Leek and across the Staffordshire Moorlands. We visit older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia and people with a physical disability. In...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Home Instead and Moorlands · First Floor 1 & 2, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 6LP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Moorlands Home Care Limited
At Home Instead Leek and Moorlands, we provide home care across Leek and the surrounding Staffordshire moorlands, supporting people to live well in the place that matters most to them: their own home. We work with older adults, younger...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Umbrella Care (Midlands) · 15a - 17a Getliffe Yard, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 6HU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Umbrella Care (Midlands) Ltd
Umbrella Care supports people in their own homes in Leek and the surrounding parts of Staffordshire. We work with adults living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people with physical disabilities, people...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Moorlands Hospital · Ashbourne Road, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 5BQ
Home care · Run by Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
We are Leek Moorlands Hospital, and the support described here is the care we provide to people in their own homes in Leek and the surrounding part of Staffordshire. Our purpose is to help people manage at home, with the right support...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Gold Care RSL · Business Premises at The Old School Tea Rooms, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 7HP
Home care · Run by Gold Care RSL Limited
Gold Care RSL supports people in and around Leek in their own homes. We arrange visits around existing routines rather than around what is convenient for a rota, and we work to keep the same carers going to the same people. We support...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Person Centred Services · Office 9 Upper Hulme Mill, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 8TY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Person Centred Services Limited
We provide care and support to people in their own homes in Leek and the surrounding part of Staffordshire. We work with older people and with younger adults, and our experience covers dementia, learning disabilities and autism, physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - A.S.P.E.C.T.S Office · 1 Market Place, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 5HH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by A.S.P.E.C.T.S. (Staffordshire) Limited
We at A.S.P.E.C.T.S Office are proud to provide compassionate home care across Leek and the wider Staffordshire community, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the heart of Leek,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, West Midlands Middle half of prices from 8 agencies. Median £32.00. Shown for West Midlands because too few Staffordshire agencies publish a rate. | £28.30 to £32.00 an hour |
| What Staffordshire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £24.95 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
- Home Instead Leek and Moorlands, 1 September 2026, Good
- A.S.P.E.C.T.S Office, 23 March 2023, Good
- Person Centred Services Limited, 15 November 2022, Good
Longest since a report
- Umbrella Care (Midlands) Ltd, 2 May 2019, Good
- Families Care, 23 August 2022, Good
- Person Centred Services Limited, 15 November 2022, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Leek
How many home care agencies are there in Leek?
Leek has 7 CQC registered home care agencies: 5 Good, 2 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 Leek?
Hourly care visits, West Midlands: £28.30 to £32.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 8 agencies. Median £32.00. Shown for West Midlands because too few Staffordshire 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 Leek were inspected most recently?
Home Instead Leek and Moorlands (1 September 2026), A.S.P.E.C.T.S Office (23 March 2023) and Person Centred Services Limited (15 November 2022) have the most recent CQC reports.