The cost of care in Barnet

What care usually costs in Barnet

According to the Homecare Association, councils in England need to pay at least £34.42 an hour in 2026/27 for home care to be sustainable. An average conceals big differences. What a home charges turns on the room, the care level and whether nursing is part of it. Self-funders tend to be charged more than councils for the same room.

Quality of care services in Barnet

95 home care agencies and 80 care homes are registered with CQC in Barnet. Of those rated, 95% of agencies are Good or Outstanding (above the England figure of 88%) and 87% of care homes (above England's 83%). 29 agencies and 4 care homes have not been rated yet.

Getting an accurate price

• Per-hour rates on weekdays, in the evening, at weekends and on bank holidays.
• The minimum length of a call, and whether travel is charged.
• For a home: everything the weekly price covers, and how often it goes up.

Collect these in writing, run the totals through the weekly cost calculator, then check your contribution with What will I pay?

Local picture: Barnet

Our modelled typical self-funder price for an hour of home care in Barnet is £37.50 an hour (London: £37.50; England: £33.50). The largest provider company in Barnet by number of services is Jewish Care, with 6 care homes. Brownlow Enterprises Limited follows with 4 services.

There are 80 care homes in Barnet, and 87% of the 76 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (better than England's 83%). 34% (27) are registered to provide nursing care. £1,670 a week: that is our estimate of a typical private fee for a care home bed locally, compared with £1,670 regionally and £1,520 nationally. It is not a quote. Nursing places run at about £1,870, residential at about £1,620.

Care homes in Barnet reporting a bed count offer 3,126 beds between them, with 30 beds in the middle-sized home. 1 care home in Barnet is rated Outstanding, and 10 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate (13% of those rated; the England share is 17%).

Based on the register as of Oct 2026, with Q4 2026 fee estimates from our index.