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Best rated home care agencies in Sandwell (2026)

39 of the 52 home care agencies in Sandwell with a CQC rating are rated Good or Outstanding. Here they are, best first: Outstanding, then Good, with the most recently inspected ahead. Nobody pays to be on this list.

Data: the regulator's register · Updated 19 October 2026

At a glance

  • Sandwell has 89, and 75% of the inspected ones reach Good or above.
  • 2 rated Outstanding; 13 rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.
  • Inspected within 24 months: 12%.
  • Private payers: about £33.50 an hour (our model).

To cite: "Best rated home care agencies in Sandwell (2026)" (Oct 2026), thecarepanel.co.uk.

The 25 highest rated home care agencies in Sandwell

Sorted by overall verdict, recent ones ahead. Our method. This shows 25 of 39.

  1. 2M Health & Home Care Services Ltd - Birmingham Smethwick · Dementia Good
  2. Kelly Healthcare Services Limited Tipton · Dementia Good
  3. Monarch Home Care Services Cradley Heath · Dementia Good
  4. Tipton Home Care Limited Tipton · Dementia Good
  5. ASRA - Smethwick Smethwick Good
  6. Cherish Home Care Ltd - Sandwell West Bromwich · Dementia Good
  7. Crestar Healthcare West Bromwich · Dementia Good
  8. Desired Care 4 U Limited Smethwick · Dementia Good
  9. Dimensions North Midlands Domiciliary Care Office Oldbury Good
  10. Housing 21 - Goldfield Court West Bromwich Good
  11. Swallowfields Tipton · Dementia Good
  12. Awarding Care Ltd Wednesbury · Dementia Good
  13. Bluebird Care West Bromwich & Sandwell Oldbury · Dementia Good
  14. Care Wish Ltd Old Hill · Dementia Good
  15. Cheshire Care Services Ltd Oldbury Good
  16. Choice Supported Living - West Midlands Oldbury Good
  17. Clements Health Care West Bromwich Good
  18. Crossroads Home Care Oldbury · Dementia Good
  19. Delivering Care Direct Smethwick · Dementia Good
  20. Domiciliary Care Midlands West Bromwich Good
  21. FACT Healthcare Ltd Tipton · Dementia Good
  22. Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham Tipton Good
  23. Home Instead Dudley & Sandwell South Tipton · Dementia Outstanding
  24. Housing 21 - Oakley Gardens West Bromwich Outstanding
  25. Housing 21 - Queensridge Court Oldbury Good

By town

Sandwell in numbers

Ratings for home care agencies in Sandwell are a median 78 months old (England: 51), and 12% were given in the last two years. 2 home care agencies in Sandwell are rated Outstanding, and 13 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate (25% of those rated, compared with 12% nationally).

21 of 57 agencies in Sandwell are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate for Well-led, the weakest of CQC's five areas locally. The strongest area is Well-led, where 3 of 57 agencies are Outstanding. No single company leads in Sandwell: HC-One No.5 Limited and The Sandwell Community Caring Trust run 5 services each.

In Sandwell, CQC has published 10 ratings in the past 12 months; of those, 2 improved; the newest is from 25 September 2026. 2 home care agencies and 12 care homes in Sandwell registered with CQC in the last 12 months.

Figures: CQC register, Oct 2026.

Checks before choosing

Grades never tell the whole story. Check when the inspection happened, read what it found on safety and management, then compare at least a couple of providers question by question. Questions to ask: printable list.

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council will assess needs at no charge, no matter what savings you have, and may share the cost if capital is less than £23,250. How care is paid for in Sandwell · How much care costs in Sandwell

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Your questions

Does anywhere in Sandwell have an Outstanding rating?

Outstanding: Home Instead Dudley & Sandwell South, Housing 21 - Oakley Gardens. That is 2 in total.

What share of home care agencies in Sandwell are Good or Outstanding?

39 of the 52 home care agencies in Sandwell with a published CQC rating are rated Good or Outstanding (75%). 37 have no rating yet.

How much should I budget in Sandwell?

Our model suggests roughly £33.50 an hour if you pay privately. Providers should put their charges in writing. Help from Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council is possible after a means test when savings are below £23,250.

How is this list ranked?

Nobody can buy a place or a higher position. Order comes from each service's overall grade from the regulator, then its date; a top grade older than five years is treated like Good.

More about care in Sandwell

CQC register data (Oct 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel is independent of every provider listed.

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