Home care · Hertfordshire
Home care in Abbots Langley
There are 127 home care agencies on the CQC register covering Abbots Langley, run by 125 different providers. The largest is Optima Management Limited, with 2. Among the 73 with a CQC rating, 88% are Good or Outstanding, next to 86% across Hertfordshire and 88% across England; 3 are Outstanding. Typical fees here come to about £33.50 an hour for visiting care and £1,610 a week for live-in careestimated. 50 home care agencies have a rating more than four years old and 15 registered with CQC within the past two years. On 23 October 2026, Acer Healthcare Northwood & Ruislip was rated Good, the newest rating here.
CQC register data as of 26 October 2026 · Open Government Licence
Quick summary
- Whatever your savings, Hertfordshire council will assess care needs for free.
- We check for new CQC ratings in Hertfordshire daily: see the latest changes.
- CQC rates 64 of the 73 agencies with a rating as Good or Outstanding, and 9 are rated below Good; 54 are still waiting for a first rating.
- 97 list dementia as a specialism.
To cite: "Home care in Abbots Langley", The Care Panel, Oct 2026, from CQC register analysis.
- 127CQC-registered agencies
- 88%rated Good or Outstanding (of those rated)
- 97are registered for dementia
- 9inspected or rated in the last 2 years
| Care | Abbots Langley | East of England | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visiting care, an hour | £33.50 | £33.50 | £33.50 |
| Live-in care, a week | £1,610 | £1,610 | £1,610 |
Home care agencies covering Abbots Langley
Ranked by CQC rating and how recent it is, then distance. How we order providers
- All 127
- Elderly care · 115
- Care for adults under 65 · 108
- Physical disability care · 102
- Dementia care · 97
- Mental health care · 67
- Sensory impairment care · 62
- Learning disability care · 60
- Children's care · 14
- Eating disorder support · 13
- Substance misuse support · 10
Abbots Care Limited (Hertfordshire)
What inspectors found: People said they were very happy with their support, felt very safe, and described staff as kind and helpful.
Est. £32–£39/hr
Sugarman Health and Wellbeing - Watford
What inspectors found: Assessment activity took place between 7 January 2026 and 2 February 2026.
Est. £30–£37/hr
A2Z Home Care Services Limited
What inspectors found: Relatives were happy with the service, felt people were safe and said staff were kind and promoted dignity.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Iris Care Services Limited
What inspectors found: Assessment activity took place between 15 July 2026 and 4 August 2026.
Est. £30–£37/hr
LJ Sure Mercies
What inspectors found: Assessment activity took place between 16 April, and we visited the service on 17 September.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Acer Healthcare Northwood & Ruislip
What inspectors found: There were systems to ensure people received safe care and treatment.
Est. £34–£42/hr
Registered Office
What inspectors found: Right Support Care plans focused on people's strengths and building people's goals and long-term aspirations.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Sarah's Home Care Ltd
What inspectors found: People and their relatives told us they felt safe, and their experiences of the service provided by Sarah's Home Care were positive.
Est. £30–£37/hr
New Shepherd Care Limited
What inspectors found: People told us they felt safe receiving care and support.
Est. £30–£37/hr
The Marlowes
What inspectors found: Right Support People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible…
Est. £30–£37/hr
Vow Care Services Ltd
What inspectors found: Right Support: People were involved in planning how their care needs would be met.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Above and Beyond Home Care
What inspectors found: People told us they felt safe and were well supported by staff.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Compassionate Herts Ltd
What inspectors found: People were cared for by staff who had been recruited safely.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Doves Care Agency Ltd
What inspectors found: People felt safe supported by Doves Care Agency Ltd and received their care and support in line with their needs and wishes.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Caremark Three Rivers
What inspectors found: Caremark Three Rivers did not have a registered manager.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Regent Home Care (West Herts) Limited
What inspectors found: Risks to people's safety and well being were assessed and well manged.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Realm Staffing Solutions
What inspectors found: People's relatives felt they were safe and well supported by the service.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Reagle Home Care Services (RHC)
What inspectors found: Risks to people's safety and well being were identified and manged well.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Harlington Care
What inspectors found: They had been involved in planning their care, they felt care was well planned and they told us their needs were met.
Est. £34–£42/hr
Heronsmere Home Care
What inspectors found: The registered manager did not always have effective quality assurance systems in place to monitor the service.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Stanmore House
What inspectors found: The service was able to demonstrate how they were meeting the underpinning principles of right support, right care, right culture.
Est. £34–£42/hr
Home Help Watford
What inspectors found: People told us that they felt safe and were supported by consistent, reliable staff.
Est. £29–£35/hr
Home Instead - Watford
What inspectors found: These include younger adults, older people, people living with dementia, people who may have physical disabilities and people with a learning disability living in…
Est. £33–£40/hr
1st Homecare Kings Langley
Est. £30–£37/hr
EagleCrest
What inspectors found: At our previous inspection we found areas of improvement were required.
Est. £30–£37/hr
92a
Est. £30–£37/hr
Caremark Watford & Hertsmere
Est. £30–£37/hr
Right at Home Hemel Hempstead
Est. £30–£37/hr
153 The Parade
Est. £30–£37/hr
Concept Care Solutions Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
R4R Home Care Services Ltd/Watford
Est. £30–£37/hr
Helping Hands Watford
Est. £29–£35/hr
Carecircle Healthcare Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
Herts Homecare
Est. £30–£37/hr
Bushey
Est. £30–£37/hr
Hightown House
Est. £30–£37/hr
Nash Homecare
Est. £30–£37/hr
Bluebird Care (Watford & Three Rivers)
Est. £32–£39/hr
Bluebird Care (Chiltern & Dacorum)
Est. £32–£39/hr
Novus Care Limited - Watford
Est. £30–£37/hr
MKF Homecare Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
Empathy Care24 - Hertfordshire
Est. £30–£37/hr
Alina Homecare St Albans & Hemel Hempstead
Est. £30–£37/hr
Sodark Care
Est. £30–£37/hr
Medcom Personnel Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
Helping Hands Harpenden
Est. £29–£35/hr
Care4u2day Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
YourLife (St Albans)
Est. £30–£37/hr
Fortune Life Home Care
Est. £30–£37/hr
Sama Healthcare Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
Ruby Grange Homecare Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
Buttercup Care Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
Sanctuary Home Care Ltd - Bushey Heath
Est. £30–£37/hr
Camphill Village Trust - St Albans
Est. £30–£37/hr
Turning Point - Timberlea (Dom Care)
Est. £30–£37/hr
SureCare Hertfordshire
Est. £30–£37/hr
Hertfordshire Domiciliary Care Agency
Est. £30–£37/hr
Right at Home Borehamwood & Watford
Est. £32–£39/hr
Harrall Care Services Limited t/a Home Instead Senior Care
Est. £34–£42/hr
Bluebird Care St Albans
Est. £32–£39/hr
Distance is from Abbots Langley centre to the agency's office. Agencies travel to clients, so check they cover your street.
The 60 highest ranked of 127 are shown above. The other 67, alphabetically:
- 26 The Ridings not yet rated
- ACN Home Care Service not yet rated
- Aliana House not yet rated
- Ama Homecare Ltd not yet rated
- Ambrosial services not yet rated
- AMSEK Support Services Ltd not yet rated
- Anksley Ltd not yet rated
- At Home Care Requires improvement
- At Home Healthcare Ltd not yet rated
- Axiom Home Care Limited Requires improvement
- Best Believe You're Unique Limited not yet rated
- Bimkel Limited not yet rated
- Bridgewater Home care Watford not yet rated
- Care For Freedom Limited Good
- Care Plus Recruitment Agency Limited not yet rated
- Caremark (Hatfield &Welwyn) Requires improvement
- Caremark Dacorum not yet rated
- Chelmscare Ltd Good
- Constance Priority Healthcare Limited not yet rated
- Cranes Healthcare Services Limited not yet rated
- Deway Care Limited not yet rated
- Dimensions Hertfordshire Domiciliary Care Office not yet rated
- DMA BRIGHT LIFE SUPPORT LTD not yet rated
- Drama Room Requires improvement
- Dream Care Consultants Ltd not yet rated
- Dreamlight Healthcare not yet rated
- Ethica Care Hemel Hempstead & St Albans Requires improvement
- FAST24 not yet rated
- Fremas Care Limited not yet rated
- Global Wave Ltd not yet rated
- GoodOaks Homecare – Northwood and Ruislip not yet rated
- GoodOaks Homecare – St Albans, Luton and Dunstable not yet rated
- GoodOaks Homecare – Watford not yet rated
- Huldra Recruitment Ltd not yet rated
- Integrity Supported Living Ltd not yet rated
- Kemfa Services Limited not yet rated
- Kind Solutions Limited not yet rated
- Life Care Plus Hertfordshire not yet rated
- Lighthouse Homecare Ltd not yet rated
- Malakiun Care LTD not yet rated
- Mayfield Villages Care Limited - Watford not yet rated
- Micrah Healthcare not yet rated
- Multicare Services - Maylands Building Requires improvement
- Ness M Hertfordshire not yet rated
- NNC Supported Living - Main Office not yet rated
- Patience Rehab & Care Ltd not yet rated
- Peaceable Care Services Limited not yet rated
- Plover Care Ltd not yet rated
- Possible Stars Healthcare not yet rated
- Radfield Home Care Watford & Borehamwood not yet rated
- Rainbow Home Care Services Ltd not yet rated
- Right at home Harrow Good
- Shorem Healthcare not yet rated
- Spectrum Healthcare Support Limited not yet rated
- Spinetail Home Care not yet rated
- Spring Valley Care Services Ltd Good
- STARLING HOMECARE (St Albans & Harpenden) not yet rated
- Synergycare not yet rated
- Three Rivers Homecare - Watford not yet rated
- Trellis Care Limited not yet rated
- Trustus Care not yet rated
- Vitality Care Services Limited not yet rated
- Walfinch Watford and Hemel Hempstead not yet rated
- Walsingham Support - Hertfordshire Supported Living Requires improvement
- YESUK Office Requires improvement
- You & I Care - Hertfordshire not yet rated
- Zinnia Care Limited Requires improvement
24-hour, overnight and live-in care in Abbots Langley
Round-the-clock care at home is arranged in one of two ways: live-in care, where one carer lives in and has a daily break and a proper night's sleep, or daytime visits plus waking nights, where a second carer stays awake all night. Typical prices: Live-in care around £1,540–£1,610 a week. CQC does not record which agencies provide it, so ask each one.
Abbots Langley in figures
Registered specialisms here: 102 of 127 list physical disabilities, 60 of 127 list learning disabilities and 67 of 127 list mental health conditions. Caremark Dacorum is the most recently registered, joining the CQC register in July 2026. Ruby Grange Homecare Limited has the oldest rating still in force, from January 2018. Dementia appears on 97 of 127 registrations here (76%), compared with 78% in Hertfordshire as a whole. Bushey has the highest share of listed agencies rated Good or Outstanding nearby (58%); Abbots Langley, at 50%, is 4th of the 7 towns compared. 3 Outstanding agencies are covering Abbots Langley, against 11 across Hertfordshire. Across Hertfordshire, 8% of agencies have a rating under two years old; covering Abbots Langley it is 6%. Across Hertfordshire we list 981 agencies, and 87% of those rated are Good or Outstanding; covering Abbots Langley the figure is 88%.
Owners and groups: agencies covering Abbots Langley
- Caremark 3 listed here
- Bluebird Care 3 listed here
- Home Instead 2 listed here
- Right at Home 2 listed here
- Midshires Care Limited 2 listed here
- Abbots Care Limited 1 listed here
- HCRG 1 listed here
- Iris Care Services Ltd 1 listed here
- Glenholme Specialist Healthcare (Northern Region) Ltd 1 listed here
- Platinum Homecare 4U Limited 1 listed here
- Stanmore Care Homes Limited 1 listed here
- 1st Homecare Solutions Limited 1 listed here
- Watford And District Mencap Society 1 listed here
- Protea Care Homes (Kent) Ltd 1 listed here
- Concept Care Solutions Limited 1 listed here
- Hightown Housing Association Limited 1 listed here
- Novus Care Limited 1 listed here
- Empathy Care24 Limited 1 listed here
Newest inspection results
The latest CQC ratings published for agencies covering Abbots Langley.
Nearby towns against Abbots Langley
| Nearby town | Distance | Total | Good or Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbots Langley | – | 127 | 64 |
| Kings Langley | 1.5 mi | 117 | 57 |
| Bricket Wood | 2.2 mi | 152 | 73 |
| Watford | 2.7 mi | 216 | 113 |
| Hemel Hempstead | 4.0 mi | 83 | 39 |
| Radlett | 4.3 mi | 202 | 104 |
An agency counts for a town if its office is within 7 miles, so many appear under several towns.
What home care costs in Abbots Langley
| Visiting care | around £32–£34 an hour |
|---|---|
| Live-in care | around £1,540–£1,610 a week |
What the council pays (Hertfordshire County Council): £31.82 an hour for home care (2025/26 average paid to agencies); £905.57 a week for residential care (2025/26 average, over-65s); £1,036.29 a week for nursing care (2025/26 average, over-65s) (source). Where a provider charges more, the extra is usually met by a top-up.
Agencies differ more than regions do on hourly rates, so request a complete tariff from each one, covering weekends and bank holidays too. For 2026/27, the Homecare Association says council-funded home care in England is only sustainable at £34.42 an hour or more. Source: Lottie Care Index, Q3 2026. Ask providers near you for prices, or estimate your weekly cost.
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- Typical local prices for home care, overnight and live-in care
- What the council and the NHS may pay, with the 2026/27 savings limits
- The best-rated services near you, from the CQC register
Questions families ask about home care in Abbots Langley
Home care in Abbots Langley: how many agencies are there?
As of Oct 2026, the CQC register lists 127 home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Abbots Langley. Top-rated names here include Abbots Care Limited (Hertfordshire), Sugarman Health and Wellbeing - Watford and A2Z Home Care Services Limited.
How are home care agencies in Abbots Langley rated by CQC?
CQC has rated 73. Of those, 64 (88%) are Good or Outstanding, 3 of them Outstanding, and 9 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate. 54 have not been rated yet, which is common for newly registered services.
How much should I expect to pay for home care in Abbots Langley?
Typical prices across England in 2026: visiting care around £32–£34 an hour; live-in care around £1,540–£1,610 a week. Agencies differ more than regions do on hourly rates, so request a complete tariff from each one, covering weekends and bank holidays too. For 2026/27, the Homecare Association says council-funded home care in England is only sustainable at £34.42 an hour or more. Source: Lottie Care Index, Q3 2026. See our full cost guide.
Can Hertfordshire council help pay for home care?
Two sources of help: Attendance Allowance, which ignores savings and is for people over State Pension age, and the council. By law (Care Act 2014) Hertfordshire council must assess care needs at no charge for people who look as if they need support; if savings and investments are under £23,250, it may pay a share once your finances are assessed, depending on income. With care at home, the house itself is not included. How to reach Hertfordshire council.
How can I pick between agencies in Abbots Langley?
Check how recent each CQC report is first: 9 of the 127 on this page were inspected or rated in the past two years, and 64 have an older report. Next ask three things: will staff be consistent, what happens about missed visits, and what is the full price? See the checklist.
What about home care agencies in towns near Abbots Langley?
Abbots Langley has 127, with 64 rated Good or Outstanding. Nearby: Kings Langley (1.5 miles): 117, 57 rated Good or Outstanding; Bricket Wood (2.2 miles): 152, 73 rated Good or Outstanding; Watford (2.7 miles): 216, 113 rated Good or Outstanding.
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Home care in nearby towns
- Home care in Kings Langley 1.5 mi
- Home care in Bricket Wood 2.2 mi
- Home care in Watford 2.7 mi
- Home care in Hemel Hempstead 4.0 mi
- Home care in Radlett 4.3 mi
- Home care in Bushey 4.7 mi
- Home care in Chorleywood 5.0 mi
- Home care in St Albans 5.2 mi
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- Choosing a home care agency
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Register information from CQC as at Oct 2026; Open Government Licence v3.0 applies. We do not deliver care ourselves.