The cost of care in Salford

Typical prices in Salford

The gap between two agencies is often bigger than the gap between regions. Ask for complete price lists, with weekend and bank holiday charges. £34.42 an hour is the Homecare Association's minimum sustainable price for council-funded home care in England (2026/27). Averages hide a wide range. 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.

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 care cost calculator, then check your contribution with What will I pay?

Salford in numbers

Of Salford's 43 care homes, 40 have a CQC rating; 80% of those are Good or Outstanding, against 83% for England. Nursing homes make up 13 of the total, or 30%. No single company leads in Salford: Creative Support Limited and United Response run 3 services each.

The middle-sized care home in Salford has 30 beds, and the 43 homes with a registered bed count total 1,496. Paying privately in Salford, expect around £33.50 an hour for a visiting carer (Q4 2026 estimate), against a regional £33.50 (North West) and £33.50 for England.

Salford has 0 Outstanding care homes; 20% of its rated care homes (8) sit below Good; the England share is 17%. Modelled fees for Q4 2026 put residential or nursing care in Salford at £1,260 a week. The North West figure is £1,260 and England's is £1,520. Nursing places run at about £1,580, residential at about £1,210.

Source: our analysis of CQC data (Oct 2026), fees modelled for Q4 2026.

Quality of care services in Salford

56 home care agencies and 43 care homes are registered with CQC in Salford. Of those rated, 94% of agencies are Good or Outstanding (better than the England figure of 88%) and 80% of care homes (short of England's 83%). 23 agencies and 3 care homes have not been rated yet.