Which providers in Westminster offer home care?

Twenty one home care agencies are listed on this page, each with a profile of its own. They include Bluebird Care (Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea), LDN London Domiciliary Care Service, Able Homecare Marylebone and London Care (Westminster), along with the rest of the list. Every profile shows the current Care Quality Commission position and links to the published report where one exists. Comparing them side by side is the quickest way to find agencies covering the visits you need.

What should we ask a home care agency in Westminster?

Ask who supervises the care workers and how often visits are checked in person. Ask how medication is recorded, how a late call is handled and what happens if nobody answers the door. Check the minimum visit length, the weekend and bank holiday rates, and the notice needed to change times. Ask how many different care workers are likely to attend over a fortnight, since continuity matters more than almost anything else.

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

A care home provides accommodation, meals and help with personal care such as washing, dressing and prompting medication. A nursing home offers the same and also has registered nurses on duty at all times for wound care, injections and complex medication. Home care differs from both, since support comes to the person at home in planned visits. Many families use home care first and consider a residential move only when visits stop meeting the need.

Can Westminster City Council pay for home care?

It can, once a care needs assessment has identified eligible needs that support at home would meet. A financial assessment then looks at income and capital and works out the council contribution towards the cost of visits. The council may arrange an agency directly or offer a direct payment so the family can choose the provider. Anyone can request an assessment whatever their savings, and it costs nothing.

How do we arrange a care needs assessment in Westminster?

Contact the adult social care team at Westminster City Council and ask for an assessment of care and support needs. A relative, a GP or a hospital discharge team can make the request on someone's behalf, and the assessment is free. A practitioner will look at daily living, mobility, medication and the times of day when help is needed, then record which needs are eligible. A separate financial assessment decides contributions.

How far in advance should we start looking for home care?

Begin as soon as regular help looks likely, because morning and evening slots are booked up well ahead. A few weeks gives time to approach more than one agency, read inspection reports and settle the funding position. Where a hospital discharge is imminent, ask whether a short term package can be arranged while a longer one is agreed. Early enquiries are rarely wasted, even when the start date moves.

Home Care in Westminster

Westminster has 22 CQC registered home care agencies. 8 are rated Good, 2 Outstanding, and 12 have not yet been rated. 3 of the 22 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Westminster at a glance

What the numbers say about home care in Westminster.

Hourly care visits, London: £22.88 to £30.05 an hour. Middle half of prices from 16 agencies.
People aged 75 and over: 12,300. Rising to 14,400 by 2035, up 16%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,700. Rising to 2,000 by 2035, up 21%
People aged 85 and over: 3,400. Rising to 4,300 by 2035, up 26%
Dementia diagnosis rate: 70%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
Agencies in Westminster, last 12 months: 4 opened, 3 closed

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

What Home Care in Westminster Involves and What to Look For

Care at home is arranged as a series of planned visits, which makes it flexible and makes the detail important. The agency recruits, trains and supervises the care workers who attend, so how it manages its staff is effectively what you are buying.

Working out the shape of the package

Think in terms of times of day rather than hours per week. A single morning call to help someone wash, dress and take medication is a different arrangement from four visits covering meals, continence care and settling at night. Ask whether the agency can reliably cover the slots you need, including evenings and weekends, and what notice it requires to add or change a visit.

Reading the inspection outcomes

Two agencies on this list hold an Outstanding rating, eight are rated Good and eleven are not yet rated. LDN London Domiciliary Care Service is one of those rated Outstanding. Where more than half the list has no published rating, your own questions carry more weight than usual, so ask how long an agency has been operating locally and whether it can put you in touch with other families. Where a rating exists, read the report rather than the word.

The questions worth asking every agency

Ask who supervises the care workers and how often spot checks take place. Ask how visits are recorded and whether relatives can see those records. Ask what happens when a care worker cannot get an answer at the door, and who takes the call if something goes wrong at the weekend. Ask how many different care workers are likely to attend over a fortnight, because continuity matters enormously.

Getting an Assessment and Funding Home Care in Westminster

Requesting a care needs assessment

Anyone who appears to need care and support can ask for an assessment, and a relative, a GP or a hospital discharge team can request one on their behalf. It is free and does not depend on savings. Westminster City Council Adult Social Care carries out that assessment and the financial assessment that follows, which establishes how much the council contributes towards the cost of visits and how much the person pays.

Rates, charges and direct payments

Agencies charge by the hour or by the visit, with different rates commonly applying at weekends and on bank holidays. Ask for those rates in writing, including any travel charge and the shortest visit the agency will accept, since a very brief call rarely allows personal care to be done properly. Where support is funded, the council may commission an agency itself or offer a direct payment so the family can choose the provider and set the times.

Getting started

Early mornings and evenings are the slots that fill first, so ask how soon a package could begin and whether a short trial is possible before anything is agreed permanently. Ask how quickly visits could be increased if health declines, because an agency that cannot add a call at short notice will not suit for long. Most established providers will discuss a trial without being pressed.

22 home care in Westminster

Able Homecare Marylebone · 9 Bentinck Street, London, Westminster, W1U 2EL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Able Homecare Ltd
We at Able Homecare Marylebone are proud to provide trusted home care across Marylebone and the wider London borough of Westminster, supporting older people to live well in the place they know and love best: their own home. Operating...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care
ARDES RESOURCING · 85 Great Portland Street, London, Westminster, W1W 7LT
Home care · Run by Ardes Resourcing Limited
Ardes provides care in people's own homes in Westminster and the surrounding parts of central London. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia or mental ill health, and with people who have physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Bluebird Care (Kensington & Chelsea) · 77 Ashmill Street, London, Westminster, NW1 6RA
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Zocalo Limited
Here at Bluebird Care Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, we provide professional home care across some of London's most vibrant and diverse communities. We support people to live well in their own homes, on their own terms, and we take...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Care · Stag House, London, Westminster, W2 5PH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by London Care Limited
We at London Care (Westminster) are proud to provide compassionate home care across the heart of London, supporting individuals to live well and safely within the comfort of their own homes in the Westminster community. Operating from the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Comforting Care Solutions · 167-169 Great Portland Street, London, Westminster, W1W 5PF
Home care · Run by Comforting Care Solutions Limited
We are Comforting Care Solutions, based in Westminster, and we provide care in people's own homes across central London. We support older people and younger adults, and the purpose is the same in both cases: enough of the right help, at...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Dawn Care Services · 85 Great Portland Street, London, Westminster, W1W 7LT
Home care · Run by Dawn Care Services Ltd
We at Dawn Care welcome you to our home care agency based in the heart of London, proudly supporting individuals and families across Westminster with compassionate, personalised home care. Whether you are exploring options for an older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Haven Bell Agency · Unit 41, London, Westminster, W2 1AH
Home care · Run by Haven Bell Ltd
We at Haven Bell London Agency are proud to offer compassionate home care across London, supporting individuals in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes throughout Westminster and the surrounding W postcode area. As a dedicated...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults
Hedgerow Homecare · Office 1, London, Westminster, NW8 7JL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Hedgerow Homecare Ltd
At Hedgerow Homecare, we support people in their own homes across London and Westminster, helping them live as independently and comfortably as possible. We work with older people, younger adults, and individuals living with dementia,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
HomeLink Healthcare · London Head Office Mimet House, London, Westminster, W2 1NJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by HomeLink Healthcare Limited
HomeLink Healthcare provides care and support to people in their own homes in Westminster and the surrounding part of London. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Icare Health Professionals · 45 Albemarle Street, London, Westminster, W1S 4JL
Home care · Run by Icare Health Professionals Ltd
Icare Health Professionals provides care and support in people's own homes across the City of Westminster. We visit older people, people living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions, people with physical disabilities and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
J. Nissi Health Care and Medical Rehabilitation · 23 Harley Street Consultation Rooms, London, Westminster, W1G 9QN
Home care · Run by J. Nissi Health Care and Medical Rehabilitation Ltd
At J. Nissi Health Care and Medical Rehabilitation, we provide home care support to people living in London, Westminster and the surrounding areas. We work with older adults, younger adults, and individuals living with physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Lansdowne Homecare · The Tea House, London, Westminster, NW8 9RF
Home care · Run by Lansdowne Homecare Ltd
Lansdowne Homecare supports people in their own homes across Westminster and central London. We work with older people who need help to go on living independently, adults with physical disabilities, and younger adults whose support has to...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
LDN Domiciliary Care Service · 16a Croxley Road, London, Westminster, W9 3HL
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Learning Disability Network London
At LDN London Domiciliary Care, we provide home care support to adults living in Westminster and the wider London area. Our work centres on helping people live well in their own homes, on their own terms, with the kind of support that...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism
Octavia Housing – Leonora House · 49 Lanark Road, London, Westminster, W9 1AP
Home care · Run by Abri Group Limited
Leonora House is a home care agency in Westminster, run by Octavia Housing. We provide support to older people and to adults with a learning disability living in their own homes and their own tenancies. Supported living rests on a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism
Onecall24 Healthcare · 239 Old Marylebone Road, London, Westminster, NW1 5QT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Onecall24 Healthcare Limited
We at Onecall24 Healthcare are proud to provide compassionate home care across London, supporting individuals in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes throughout Westminster and the wider NW postcode area. Our team believes that...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Red Star Care · 7 Bell Yard, London, Westminster, WC2A 2JR
Home care · Run by Red Star Care Ltd
We are Red Star Care, a home care agency working across Westminster and the wider London area. Our work takes place in the one setting that matters most to the people we support, which is their own home. For some that means a short visit...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Sanjog Homecare · 403, London, Westminster, WC2N 4JF
Home care · Run by Kasansh Limited
We at Sanjog Homecare are proud to provide compassionate home care across London, supporting individuals in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes throughout Westminster and the surrounding community. Our mission is to deliver...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Seaars Care · 22-25, London, Westminster, W1H 6BS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Seaars Care Ltd
Seaars Care is a home care agency in Westminster, supporting adults in their own homes across central London. We visit older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a visual...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
St Johns Wood · 45 Circus Road, London, Westminster, NW8 9JH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by HP Homecare Limited
At St Johns Wood, we provide home care support to people living in Westminster and the surrounding areas of London. We come to you, wherever you call home, and work around your life rather than asking you to fit around ours. We support a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
STANDBY24 · 239 Old Marylebone Road, London, Westminster, NW1 5QT
Home care · Run by Standby24 Ltd
STANDBY24 provides support at home to adults in Westminster and the surrounding parts of central London. The people we work with include older people who need help to stay in their own homes, adults living with dementia, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Vincentian Care Plus · Second Floor, London, Westminster, SW1W 0QP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Vincentian Care Plus
Vincentian Care Plus supports people in their own homes across Westminster and the neighbouring parts of central London. Our work is mainly with older adults who want to stay in the home they know rather than move, and with younger adults...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
WIR Helfen 24 · Southside, London, Westminster, SW1E 6QT
Home care · Run by WIR Helfen 24 Ltd
We at WIR Helfen 24 are proud to offer compassionate home care across London, supporting individuals and families throughout Westminster with personalised support that allows people to remain safe, comfortable, and independent in the place...
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, London Middle half of prices from 16 agencies. Median £24.48. Shown for London because too few Westminster agencies publish a rate.	£22.88 to £30.05 an hour
What Westminster pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.	£23.68 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

Hedgerow Homecare, 11 June 2026, Good
Bluebird Care (Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea), 17 April 2026, Outstanding
HomeLink Healthcare Limited, 6 March 2026, Good

Longest since a report

LDN London Domiciliary Care Service, 30 August 2018, Outstanding
Seaars Care Ltd, 24 June 2022, Good
J. Nissi Health Care and Medical Rehabilitation Ltd, 7 June 2023, Not yet rated

Frequently asked questions about home care in Westminster

How many home care agencies are there in Westminster?

Westminster has 22 CQC registered home care agencies: 2 Outstanding, 8 Good, 12 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 Westminster?

Hourly care visits, London: £22.88 to £30.05 an hour. Middle half of prices from 16 agencies. Median £24.48. Shown for London because too few Westminster 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 Westminster were inspected most recently?

Hedgerow Homecare (11 June 2026), Bluebird Care (Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea) (17 April 2026) and HomeLink Healthcare Limited (6 March 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.