Home care · Leicestershire
24-hour care in Ratby
When someone cannot be left alone, 24-hour care at home is usually a live-in carer, or day visits plus waking nights. Where night help is needed often, plan for two carers sharing the day and night. Below are the 236 CQC-registered agencies that cover Ratby; ask each whether it offers this.
Agencies from the CQC register, updated 26 October 2026. Prices: Typical 2026 prices across England
The short version
- 236 CQC-registered home care agencies have an office within 7 miles of Ratby; 105 are rated Good or Outstanding.
- Which agencies provide 24-hour care is not on the CQC register, so ask each one.
- Typical prices here: live-in care around £1,540–£1,610 a week. Live-in care is usually the cheapest way to cover day and night.
- Leicestershire council must offer a free care needs assessment.
Cite this: The Care Panel, "24-hour care in Ratby", analysis of the CQC register, Oct 2026.
Live-in care or waking nights?
Live-in care is usually the most affordable way to have someone there day and night: one carer lives in, but needs about two hours off each day and an unbroken night's sleep. Waking nights put a carer in the home who stays awake all night; combined with daytime visits, that covers all 24 hours. If help is needed most nights, one live-in carer is not enough: add waking nights or a second carer.
Typical local prices: live-in care around £1,540–£1,610 a week; a residential care home £1,250 a week.
Help paying for 24-hour care
Leicestershire council must offer a free care needs assessment; if it finds eligible needs by day and night, care at home can be part of a council care plan, and the value of the home is not counted for care at home. Attendance Allowance pays its higher rate of £114.60 a week to people over State Pension age who need help both day and night, whatever their savings. When the main need is a health need, NHS Continuing Healthcare may pay in full. Requesting an assessment from Leicestershire council.
When 24-hour care is needed
Families usually look for it after a hospital stay, when dementia means someone cannot be left alone or wanders at night, after repeated falls, or at the end of life. A care home is the alternative to compare: for one person it often costs less than staffing every hour at home, but many people want to stay in their own home.
Home care in Ratby by the numbers
Dementia appears on 193 of 236 registrations here (82%), compared with 80% in Leicestershire as a whole. On their CQC registrations, 206 of 236 list physical disabilities, 147 of 236 list learning disabilities and 163 of 236 list mental health conditions. Prime Way Care Ltd Leicester is the most recently registered, joining the CQC register in October 2026. Across Leicestershire we list 479 agencies, and 84% of those rated are Good or Outstanding; covering Ratby the figure is 80%. Of Ratby and the 6 nearest towns we cover, Ratby ranks 6th for the share of all listed agencies rated Good or Outstanding (44%); Rothley is highest at 48%. Sova Healthcare - Leicester has the oldest rating still in force, from May 2018.
How much 24-hour care costs in Ratby
| Visiting care | around £32–£34 an hour |
|---|---|
| Live-in care | around £1,540–£1,610 a week |
What the council pays (Leicestershire County Council): £25.92 an hour for home care (2025/26 average paid to agencies); £985.70 a week for residential care (2025/26 average, over-65s); £1,084.45 a week for nursing care (2025/26 average, over-65s) (source).
Hourly rates vary between agencies more than between regions; ask each agency for its full price list, including weekend and bank holiday rates. According to the Homecare Association, councils across England should pay no less than £34.42 an hour for home care in 2026/27 if it is to be sustainable. Source: Lottie Care Index, Q3 2026. Estimate the weekly cost or see what you might pay
Home care agencies that cover Ratby
Ranked on CQC rating, its date and then distance. Ask each one about 24-hour care.
MacIntyre Leicester
Est. £32–£39/hr
Reablement Provider Service
Est. £32–£39/hr
Integrated Crisis Response Service
Est. £32–£39/hr
Enliven Social Care Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
Holmwood Gardens Domiciliary Care Services
Est. £30–£37/hr
Paradise Hope Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
Bateleur HC Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
Global Caring Group Leicester
Est. £30–£37/hr
Storm Homecare Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
Provision Care Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
Inspire Lives Care Services Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
Private Home Care UK Limited (Leicester)
Est. £30–£37/hr
A2L Care Services
Est. £30–£37/hr
Crystal Care Service (Leicester)
Est. £30–£37/hr
Choices Care Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
Helping Hands Leicester
Est. £29–£35/hr
INSPIRED CARE 4ALL LTD
Est. £30–£37/hr
Caremark Hinckley Bosworth Blaby & Leicester
Est. £30–£37/hr
Domiciliary Care Services (UK) Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
Brand Care
Est. £30–£37/hr
Your questions on 24-hour care in Ratby
Where can I find 24-hour care in Ratby?
Ask each agency: CQC keeps no record of who provides 24-hour care. Of the 236 registered agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Ratby, 105 are rated Good or Outstanding.
How much does 24-hour care cost in Ratby?
Typical 2026 prices across England: live-in care typically costs around £1,540–£1,610 a week. Covering every hour with separate day and night carers costs much more, because each hour is paid.
Is 24-hour care the same as live-in care?
Not quite. A live-in carer is there day and night but needs a daily break and a full night's sleep. If help is needed through the night most nights, true 24-hour care means adding waking nights or a second carer.
Can the council pay for 24-hour care at home?
It can, if Leicestershire council's care needs assessment finds eligible needs by day and night and care at home is a suitable way to meet them. A financial assessment follows; for care at home the home is not counted. NHS Continuing Healthcare pays in full when the main need is a health need.
Are home care agencies in Ratby well rated?
105 of the 131 rated agencies (80%) are Good or Outstanding; 193 list dementia as a specialism and 38 were inspected or rated in the last two years.
Need 24-hour care in Ratby?
One short form: a maximum of three agencies working with us will contact you directly by email.
More about care in Ratby
Nearby towns for 24-hour care
- 24-hour care in Markfield 2.8 mi
- 24-hour care in Enderby 4.5 mi
- 24-hour care in Leicester 4.7 mi
- 24-hour care in Narborough 5.2 mi
- 24-hour care in Earl Shilton 6.0 mi
- 24-hour care in Rothley 6.2 mi
- 24-hour care in Whetstone 6.4 mi
- 24-hour care in Mountsorrel 6.6 mi
Built from the Care Quality Commission's register (Oct 2026) under Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel lists and compares services but runs none.