Home care in Northumberland
There are 153 home care agencies on the CQC register in Northumberland, covering 10 towns. Open a town for ratings, specialisms and when each was inspected.
Get local care pricesNorthumberland has 153 CQC-registered home care agencies across 10 towns on this site, with the most in Seaton Delaval, Dudley and Cramlington. Among 124 rated so far, the Good or Outstanding share is 94%, which is above the 88% seen across England, with 14 rated Outstanding.
116 agencies name dementia among their specialisms. Most agencies cover a radius of several miles from their office, so the same agency can appear under more than one town.
Northumberland Council must assess, free of charge, anyone here who may need care and support, and arranges council-funded care.
Council help with care: Northumberland.
Who provides care in Northumberland
By town, the largest numbers of home care agencies in Northumberland are in Seaton Delaval (47), Dudley (45), Cramlington (30), Blyth (19) and Ashington (15). In Blyth, 95% of the 19 listed are rated Good or Outstanding, the highest share of any town here; Dudley has the lowest at 64%.
Visiting care around £32–£34 an hour and live-in care around £1,540–£1,610 a week, according to typical 2026 prices across England.
On registration dates, Bluebird Care Newcastle West goes back furthest (2010). New to the register in the last 12 months: 11, of which 11 not yet rated.
The largest operators by number of home care agencies in Northumberland are Comfort Call Limited (4), Housing 21 (4) and Northumberland County Council (4).
Looking at what services here say they specialise in, caring for adults under 65 years comes first with 134, followed by caring for adults over 65 years (133), physical disabilities (125) and dementia (116).
Against an England figure of 79%, 76% of Northumberland agencies name dementia as a specialism, which is 116 out of 153.
Quality of home care agencies in Northumberland
Rating breakdown for Northumberland, with 124 services rated: Outstanding 14, Good 102, Requires improvement 6, Inadequate 2. Outstanding makes up 11% here and 5% across England; the two lower ratings make up 6% here and 12% nationwide.
In the last 12 months CQC has published 5 new ratings for home care agencies in Northumberland: 0 improved, 0 downgraded and 3 rated for the first time. Deneholme Care Centre in Hexham has the newest rating: Good, from 9 September 2026. Rating changes in Northumberland.
How recent are the ratings? 29% date from the past two years (36 services; England 24%), while 59, or 48%, go back more than four years (England 54%).
Compare Northumberland town by town
| Town | Home care agencies | Good or better |
|---|---|---|
| Seaton Delaval | 47 | 32 |
| Dudley | 45 | 29 |
| Cramlington | 30 | 24 |
| Blyth | 19 | 18 |
| Ashington | 15 | 12 |
| Ponteland | 12 | 10 |
| Morpeth | 8 | 7 |
| Hexham | 6 | 4 |
| Prudhoe | 6 | 5 |
| Corbridge | 5 | 4 |
Northumberland home care agencies, district by district
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.