Home Care in Wallsend
Wallsend has 9 CQC registered home care agencies. 3 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, 2 Requires improvement, and 3 have not yet been rated. 1 of the 9 was last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Wallsend at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Wallsend, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, England: £25.00 to £34.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 102 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 22,500. Rising to 27,600 by 2035, up 22%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,900. Rising to 3,700 by 2035, up 26%
- People aged 85 and over: 5,600. Rising to 8,300 by 2035, up 47%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 73%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 3 opened, 1 closed. 36 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 163 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.6 miles).
- Compared with the rest of North Tyneside: Fewer agencies. North Tyneside has fewer agencies than average for the size of its older population.
Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.
Arranging and Funding Home Care in Wallsend
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
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough 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 Wallsend and What to Look For
What the Ratings Show and Where They Stop
Equal Partnerships holds the Outstanding rating, a judgement the Care Quality Commission does not award lightly. Help at Home Care and Breeze Support Solutions are among those rated Good. Unisus Group Limited and KML Kare currently carry Requires Improvement ratings, so ask directly what inspectors found, what has changed since, and who is managing the agency now. Three agencies, including ProAce Healthcare Services Ltd, One Care Solution and Magnus 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.
9 home care in Wallsend
- KML Kare · The Town Hall Business Centre, Wallsend, North Tyneside, NE28 7AT
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by KML Kare Limited
KML Kare provides care and support to people in their own homes in Wallsend and across North Tyneside. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia, with people managing mental health conditions or eating...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - Equal Partnerships · Unit 4A Kingfisher Way, Wallsend, North Tyneside, NE28 9NX
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Equal Partnerships Ltd
Equal Partnerships supports adults with a learning disability and autistic adults living in their own homes in Wallsend and across North Tyneside. The name says what we are for. Support that is decided about somebody rather than with them...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism - St Anne's Community Services - DCA · Wallsend Town Hall, Wallsend, North Tyneside, NE28 7AT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by St Anne's Community Services
We provide care and support in people's own homes in Wallsend and across North Tyneside, working with adults who have learning disabilities and with autistic adults. Most of the people we support have a long life ahead of them and their...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism - ProAce Healthcare Services · The Town Hall Business & Conference Centre, Wallsend, North Tyneside, NE28 7AT
Home care · Run by ProAce Healthcare Services Limited
ProAce Healthcare supports adults at home in Wallsend and across North Tyneside. We help people stay in their own surroundings, with the routines, belongings and neighbours that make somewhere feel like theirs. We support older people,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Help at Home Care · Colbat Business Exchange, Wallsend, North Tyneside, NE28 9NZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Help @ Home Care Limited
We at Help at Home Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Wallsend and the wider North Tyneside community, supporting people to live well in the place they know best: their own home. Our mission is to deliver thoughtful,...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - One Care Solution · 166 High Street East, Wallsend, North Tyneside, NE28 7RP
Home care · Run by One Care Solution Ltd
One Care Solution provides care and support to people in their own homes in Wallsend and across North Tyneside. We work with older people, younger adults, people living with dementia and people with physical disabilities. Most people come...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Unisus Group · 2 Buddle Street, Wallsend, North Tyneside, NE28 6EH
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Unisus Group Limited
We at Unisus Group are a home care agency proudly supporting individuals across Wallsend and the wider North Tyneside community. Our mission is simple yet deeply personal: to bring compassionate, professional care directly into the homes...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Visual / Hearing Impairment - Breeze Support Solutions · Cobalt Business Centre, Wallsend, North Tyneside, NE28 9NZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Breeze Support Solutions Ltd
At Breeze Support Solutions, we provide home care across Wallsend and the wider North Tyneside area, supporting people to live comfortably and independently in the place they know best: their own home. We work with a broad range of people,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Magnus Care · The Town Hall Business Centre, Wallsend, North Tyneside, NE28 7AT
Home care · Run by Magnus Care Ltd
Magnus Care provides support at home to adults in Wallsend and across North Tyneside. The people we work with include older people who need help to stay in their own houses, adults living with dementia, people with a learning disability,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, England Middle half of prices from 102 agencies. Median £31.00. Shown for England because too few North Tyneside agencies publish a rate. | £25.00 to £34.90 an hour |
| What North Tyneside pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £24.62 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
- Help at Home Care, 15 June 2026, Good
- Breeze Support Solutions, 29 April 2026, Good
- Unisus Group Limited, 29 April 2026, Requires improvement
Longest since a report
- Equal Partnerships, 4 March 2020, Outstanding
- St Anne's Community Services - North Tyneside DCA, 8 November 2023, Good
- ProAce Healthcare Services Ltd, 17 December 2024, Not yet rated
Frequently asked questions about home care in Wallsend
How many home care agencies are there in Wallsend?
Wallsend has 9 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 3 Good, 2 Requires improvement, 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 Wallsend?
Hourly care visits, England: £25.00 to £34.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 102 agencies. Median £31.00. Shown for England because too few North Tyneside 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 Wallsend were inspected most recently?
Help at Home Care (15 June 2026), Breeze Support Solutions (29 April 2026) and Unisus Group Limited (29 April 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.