Can Surrey County Council fund home care in Redhill?

It can, where a person has been assessed as needing support at home and the financial assessment shows they qualify for help with the cost. Surrey County Council carries out both stages, agreeing the support required and then reviewing income and capital to work out any contribution. Some people receive fully funded care, some pay a share of the hourly rate, and many arrange and pay for care privately. Those who are funded can often take a direct payment and choose their own agency rather than being allocated one.

How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Redhill?

Contact the adult social care team at Surrey County Council and ask for a care needs assessment, either for yourself or on behalf of someone you look after. The assessment is free and is not means tested, so savings and income do not affect your right to one. Anyone providing regular unpaid care can also request a separate carer assessment in their own right. Ask for the outcome in writing, because agencies will quote against the visits and purposes it sets out.

How far ahead should I start arranging home care in Redhill?

Home care can usually begin more quickly than a residential move, but two to four weeks allows time for the assessment, for meeting an agency and for agreeing a proper care plan. Where a hospital discharge is setting the timing, say so, because those referrals are handled differently by both the council and agencies. If the need is urgent, many agencies will start with a limited package and expand it once everyone knows what works. Beginning early also leaves room to change agency if the first arrangement disappoints.

Which providers in Redhill offer home care?

Seventeen agencies registered to deliver personal care in people's own homes cover Redhill, and each is listed on this page with any published inspection rating. They range from small local services to branches of national organisations. Capacity varies by area and by time of day, so approach more than one, particularly if early morning or evening calls are needed. Each listing opens into a profile with the inspection detail where a report has been published.

What should I ask when choosing a home care agency in Redhill?

Ask how many different carers would visit across a typical fortnight, since continuity matters more to most people than anything else. Find out the minimum visit length, how sickness and annual leave are covered, and what happens if a call is missed completely. Ask for the full rate card including weekends, bank holidays and calls needing two carers, and ask whether travel time is charged. Ask who answers out of hours and how quickly the office responds when something goes wrong.

What is the difference between home care and a care home?

Home care brings support to someone in their own home through scheduled visits, so their routine and surroundings remain their own between calls. A residential care home provides accommodation with personal care available day and night, which suits people no longer safe alone for long periods. A nursing home goes further, keeping qualified nurses on site for clinical needs such as wound care or injections. Every provider listed on this page delivers care in people's own homes rather than in a residential setting.

Home Care in Redhill

Redhill has 17 CQC registered home care agencies. 8 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, and 8 have not yet been rated. 6 of the 17 were last inspected more than three years ago.

Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.

Redhill at a glance

What the local numbers say about home care in Redhill, to help you judge the options below.

Hourly care visits, Surrey: £28.00 to £36.40 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies.
People aged 75 and over: 15,600. Rising to 18,300 by 2035, up 18%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,100. Rising to 2,700 by 2035, up 27%
People aged 85 and over: 4,700. Rising to 7,000 by 2035, up 50%
Dementia diagnosis rate: 71%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Surrey as a whole is 68%.
Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 3 opened, 2 closed. 38 registered today.
Choice of agencies: 328 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.5 miles).

Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.

Planning and Paying for Care at Home in Redhill

Support at home is bought by the hour, so its cost follows the amount of help needed almost exactly. That has a practical upside: a package can start small, with one call to help someone wash and dress, and grow as circumstances change rather than being fixed from the beginning. It also means the first useful step is working out precisely what help is wanted and at what times, before any agency is telephoned.

The Care Needs Assessment

Anyone who appears to need support at home can ask for a free care needs assessment, whatever their savings, since this stage is not means tested. It is arranged through Surrey County Council adult social care, the authority responsible for assessing what support a person needs and for arranging funded care where they qualify. The assessment records how many visits are required and what each should achieve, and it becomes the specification against which agencies quote.

Contributions, Rates and Direct Payments

A financial assessment then examines income and capital and decides whether the council contributes, meets the cost in full, or whether the family buys care privately. Where support is funded, many people take a direct payment and commission their own care, which allows a choice of agency rather than an allocation. Hourly rates differ between agencies and generally rise at weekends, on bank holidays and for calls needing two carers, so ask for a written rate card covering all of those cases.

Keeping the Package Under Review

Ask how often the care plan is revisited and how to request a reassessment when needs change. An arrangement that is never reviewed tends either to cost more than it should or to fall short of what is actually needed.

Choosing an Agency in Redhill and What to Check

Where Half the Field Is Unrated

One agency here is rated Outstanding, eight are rated Good and eight carry no rating. That last figure looks discouraging and generally is not, since an agency without a rating has usually registered too recently to have been inspected. Where that applies, the questions must do the work the rating cannot: ask how long the service has operated, who the registered manager is and how long they have held the post, how many people it currently supports, and what its own monitoring of late or missed calls shows. Reading the Outstanding report is worthwhile too, because it sets out what inspectors considered exceptional.

Testing for Reliability

Home care succeeds or fails on whether someone arrives, near enough on time, and on it being the same someone week after week. Ask how many different carers a person would meet across a fortnight, how late a call must run before the office rings to warn you, and how visits are logged and checked afterwards. Ask what happens when a call is missed outright and whether relatives can see the visit records.

Saying What Matters Most

Be explicit at the enquiry stage about priorities, whether that is a consistent carer, calls at a fixed hour, or particular skills such as dementia experience or safe moving and handling. Ask for it to be written into the care plan rather than trusting it has been understood.

17 home care in Redhill

Right at Home Reigate & Crawley · 1 Brighton Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 6PW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Home Care & Rehab Limited
Right at Home Reigate and Crawley provides care and support in people's own homes across the area. We work with older adults, younger adults, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, and people with loss of sight or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Open Palm Care · 25 Clarendon Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1QZ
Home care · Run by Open Palm Care Ltd
Open Palm Care provides care and support to people in their own homes in Redhill and the surrounding part of Surrey. We work with older people and with younger adults, and our experience covers dementia, physical disabilities, and sight...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Radiant care services · Abbey House, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1QZ
Home care · Run by Radiant Care Services Ltd
We are Radiant Care, based in Redhill and supporting people in their own homes across this part of Surrey. We work with older people and people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
SeeAbility South Support Service · Tudor House, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 4EA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by The Royal School for the Blind
We are SeeAbility in south Surrey, based in Redhill, and we provide support in people's own homes and in the community. We support people living with sight or hearing loss, adults with learning disabilities and autistic people, people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Greenway Homecare · 3 Venner Close, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 4BH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Greenway Homecare Limited
We at Greenway Homecare are proud to provide compassionate home care across Redhill and the wider Surrey area, supporting people to live well and safely in the comfort of their own homes. As a trusted domiciliary care provider in the RH...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Strada Care · Weavers, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 3DG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Strada Care Ltd
Strada Care provides care and support in people's own homes in Redhill and across Surrey. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults, people managing mental health conditions,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
3nite Care Services · 5 Gatton Park Business Centre, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 3DR
Home care · Run by 3nite Limited
We are 3nite Care, a home care agency based in Redhill, Surrey. We support older people and younger adults in their own homes across the surrounding area, including people living with a physical disability. The reason most people come to...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
KKD Healthcare and Recruitment · 11 Nailsworth Crescent, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 3JD
Home care · Run by KKD Healthcare and Recruitment Limited
KKD Healthcare and Recruitment provides care at home for people across Redhill and the surrounding parts of Surrey. Our job is to make staying at home practical and comfortable, with support that fits around a life already in progress...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Primrose Healthcare Services · 48 Brighton Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 5BX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Primrose Healthcare Services Limited
Primrose Healthcare supports adults in their own homes in Redhill and the surrounding part of Surrey. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autism, people managing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Home Instead Senior Care Reigate & Tandridge · Robert Denholm House, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 4HW
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Reigate Senior Care Limited
We at Home Instead Senior Care Reigate & Tandridge are proud to provide compassionate home care across Redhill and the wider Surrey community, supporting older people and adults with a range of needs to live well in the comfort and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
DBAGZ Solutions · Abbey House, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1QZ
Home care · Run by DBAGZ Solutions Ltd
DBAGZ Solutions is a home care agency in Redhill, supporting people in their own homes across this part of Surrey. 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, Eating Disorders
Community SouthEast · Great Meadows, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 6JJ
Home care · Run by Active Prospects
At Community SouthEast, we provide home care support to people living in Redhill and the surrounding areas of Surrey. Our aim is straightforward: to help individuals live well in their own homes, with the right level of support tailored to...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Prestige Nursing · First Floor Offices, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1BU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Prestige Nursing Limited
We at Prestige Nursing Redhill are proud to provide trusted home care across Redhill and the wider Surrey community, supporting people to live comfortably and confidently in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the RH...
KindCare At Home · Abbey House, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1QZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by KindCare At Home Ltd
We at KindCare At Home (Redhill) are proud to provide compassionate home care across Redhill and the surrounding Surrey communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the RH...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Raluci Healthcare Services · 29 Linkfield Lane, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1SS
Home care · Run by Raluci Healthcare Services Ltd.
We at Raluci Healthcare are proud to offer compassionate home care across Redhill and the surrounding Surrey communities, supporting older people and adults living with dementia or physical disabilities to remain safely and comfortably in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability
SCP · Office 3, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 5YP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Kent Social Care Professionals Limited
We at Surrey SCP are proud to provide trusted home care across Redhill and the surrounding areas of Surrey, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated home care agency, we believe...
Alternative Smart Solutions · 32 Hanworth Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 5HT
Home care · Run by Alternative Smart Solutions Ltd
We at Alternative Smart Solutions are proud to offer compassionate home care across Redhill and the surrounding areas of Surrey, supporting older people, younger adults, and individuals living with a wide range of needs in the comfort of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults

What home care costs

Type of care	What it costs
Hourly care visits, Surrey Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £36.00.	£28.00 to £36.40 an hour
What Surrey pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.	£24.87 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

Surrey SCP, 9 September 2026, Good
Right at Home Reigate & Crawley, 9 July 2026, Good
Primrose Healthcare Services Limited, 16 March 2026, Good

Longest since a report

Home Instead Senior Care Reigate & Tandridge, 5 March 2018, Outstanding
Prestige Nursing - Redhill, 8 February 2019, Good
Greenway Homecare Limited, 27 July 2021, Good

Frequently asked questions about home care in Redhill

How many home care agencies are there in Redhill?

Redhill has 17 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 8 Good, 8 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 Redhill?

Hourly care visits, Surrey: £28.00 to £36.40 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £36.00. 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 Redhill were inspected most recently?

Surrey SCP (9 September 2026), Right at Home Reigate & Crawley (9 July 2026) and Primrose Healthcare Services Limited (16 March 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.

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