Home Care in Wickford
Wickford has 12 CQC registered home care agencies. 9 are rated Good, and 3 have not yet been rated. 8 of the 12 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Wickford at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Wickford, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, East of England: £26.00 to £34.30 an hour. Middle half of prices from 15 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 16,700. Rising to 18,100 by 2035, up 8%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,200. Rising to 2,500 by 2035, up 16%
- People aged 85 and over: 4,300. Rising to 5,900 by 2035, up 38%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 60%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Essex as a whole is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 2 opened, 5 closed. 63 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 246 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.3 miles).
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Choosing a home care agency in Wickford and what to look for
The decision rests less on the list of services an agency advertises and more on whether it can reliably send someone at the right times. Confirm first that a provider covers your address, since coverage across a town and its surrounding villages is patchier than families expect. Then raise the specific hours you need, because early morning and evening calls are the hardest to staff and the first to move when a rota comes under pressure.
Continuity is what people notice
The complaints heard most often about care at home concern lateness and an endless rotation of unfamiliar carers. Ask how many different people are likely to attend over a fortnight, how the rota is built and what happens when a regular carer is ill or on leave. Ask whether anyone telephones when a visit is running late, and who you contact if something goes wrong at the weekend. A marginally higher hourly rate often buys a steadier rota, and stability matters more to most people than any additional service.
Reading the inspection record
Nine agencies here hold a Good rating, including Precision Home Care Ltd, Bluebell Homecare, MD Care Ltd and Helping Hands Basildon, and those reports repay reading because they describe how medication is handled, how staff are trained and supervised and how complaints are dealt with. Three agencies have no published rating, which normally means a first inspection has not taken place since registration. That is not a reason to rule them out, though it does mean asking more questions directly and taking up references where you can.
Arranging care and working out who pays
Support at home can be funded privately or met by the council following an assessment, and establishing which applies early makes the rest of the process considerably simpler.
The care needs assessment
Anyone who appears to need care and support can request an assessment, and there is no charge whatever someone owns or earns. It looks at washing, dressing, mobility, medication, nutrition and how safely someone manages alone, and ends in a written record of the support required. Essex County Council carries out that assessment and the financial assessment that decides who pays. Where you provide care yourself, ask for a carer's assessment at the same time, because your own needs are considered separately.
What home care costs
Agencies charge an hourly rate as a rule, with higher rates at weekends, on bank holidays and where two carers are needed for a safe transfer. Live in care is priced by the week instead. Where funded support applies, the council may meet part or all of the cost, often as a direct payment so you can choose the agency yourself. Ask for the rate card in writing, ask about minimum visit lengths, and ask whether travel time between calls is charged, since brief visits can work out expensive once those extras are added. Ask too what notice is required to change or cancel a call, and whether the rate alters if the number of visits rises later.
12 home care in Wickford
- 18Plus Support · 28 Woodberry Road, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8XG
Home care · Run by 18Plus Support Limited
18Plus Support provides care and support to people in their own homes in Wickford and the surrounding part of Essex. We work with older people and with younger adults, and our experience covers dementia, mental health needs, physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Bluebell Homecare · Suite 17, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8YB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Bluebell Homecare Limited
Bluebell Homecare provides support at home for people in Wickford and the surrounding part of Essex. Our carers visit people where they live, helping with the parts of the day that have become difficult while leaving the rest well alone....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - E&K Care · Kia Para, Wickford, Essex, SS12 9HZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by E&K Care Limited
We provide care in people's own homes in Wickford and across Essex. What we offer is straightforward: the help somebody needs to keep living where they want to live, at the times agreed, from carers they recognise. Most of the people we...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Personal Choice Carers At Home · Unit 14, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8YR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Personal Choice Carers At Home Limited
We are Personal Choice Carers At Home, based in Wickford and supporting adults in their own homes across this part of Essex. We support older people and people living with dementia, people living with mental health conditions, people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Hales Group · Suite 6, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8YU
Home care · Run by Hales Group Limited
Hales supports people in their own homes in Wickford and across this part of Essex. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia or mental ill health, people with physical disabilities or sight and hearing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Nexus Support · Suite 6, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8YB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Nexus-Support Ltd
We are Nexus Support, working from Wickford to support adults in their own homes and in the community across this part of Essex. Our work is with adults who have learning disabilities and autistic adults, with people who have physical...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - E Care · Paddington House, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8DX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by ECare Ltd
E Care in Wickford provides care and support to people in their own homes across the town and the surrounding parts of Essex. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Helping Hands Basildon · Unit 11, Wickford, Essex, SS12 0RA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Midshires Care Limited
We at Helping Hands Basildon are proud to provide compassionate home care across Wickford and the surrounding communities in Essex, 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, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - MD Care · Suite 7 Riverside House, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8BB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by MD Care Ltd
We at MD Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Wickford and the surrounding Essex communities, supporting individuals to live well in the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated home care agency based in the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Novus Care · Unit 15 Woodland Place, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8YB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Novus Care Limited
Novus Care in Wickford provides care and support to people in their own homes across this part of Essex. We work with adults living with dementia or with mental ill health, people with a learning disability, people who are autistic, people...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - BR Healthcare · 92 Church End Lane, Wickford, Essex, SS11 7DP
Home care · Run by BR Healthcare Limited
We at BR Healthcare are proud to provide compassionate home care across Wickford and the wider Essex community, supporting individuals to live safely, comfortably, and independently in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Precision Home Care · Unit 4, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8UD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Precision Home Care Ltd
We at Precision Home Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Wickford and the surrounding communities in Essex, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. As a home care agency...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, East of England Middle half of prices from 15 agencies. Median £31.88. Shown for East of England because too few Essex agencies publish a rate. | £26.00 to £34.30 an hour |
| What Essex pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £28.04 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
- Precision Home Care Ltd, 30 December 2024, Good
- Hales Group Limited – Essex, 3 September 2024, Not yet rated
- E Care Wickford, 8 February 2022, Good
Longest since a report
- MD Care Ltd, 22 November 2018, Good
- Nexus Support Ltd, 8 January 2019, Good
- Bluebell Homecare, 28 November 2019, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Wickford
How many home care agencies are there in Wickford?
Wickford has 12 CQC registered home care agencies: 9 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 Wickford?
Hourly care visits, East of England: £26.00 to £34.30 an hour. Middle half of prices from 15 agencies. Median £31.88. Shown for East of England because too few Essex 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 Wickford were inspected most recently?
Precision Home Care Ltd (30 December 2024), Hales Group Limited – Essex (3 September 2024) and E Care Wickford (8 February 2022) have the most recent CQC reports.
Local care news in Essex
- New 55 bed care home registered with CQC in Basildon: Oaklands (Essex) (5 November 2026)
- Highfield Care Home registered as a 60 bed care home in Uttlesford (5 November 2026)
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