Home care in Tameside

CQC ratings across Tameside

Rating breakdown for Tameside, with 179 services rated: Outstanding 8, Good 150, Requires improvement 18, Inadequate 3. Outstanding makes up 4% here and 5% across England; the two lower ratings make up 12% here and 12% nationwide.

How recent are the ratings? 18% date from the past two years (33 services; England 24%), while 104, or 58%, go back more than four years (England 54%).

In the last 12 months CQC has published 1 new rating for home care agencies in Tameside: 0 improved, 1 downgraded and 0 rated for the first time. Most recent: Routes Healthcare Tameside (Manchester), Good to Requires improvement, published 12 November 2025. Every new rating in Tameside.

Size, specialisms and cost in Tameside

On registration dates, Bridge Care Services Limited goes back furthest (2010). New to the register in the last 12 months: 23, of which 21 not yet rated.

The specialisms home care agencies in Tameside list most often are caring for adults over 65 years (304), caring for adults under 65 years (302), physical disabilities (276) and dementia (261).

Against an England figure of 79%, 78% of Tameside agencies name dementia as a specialism, which is 261 out of 333.

Counting home care agencies town by town, the biggest totals in Tameside are Droylsden (205), Denton (141), Ashton-under-Lyne (130), Dukinfield (105) and Hyde (81). The strongest ratings are in Hattersley (53% Good or Outstanding out of 36) and the weakest in Droylsden (40%).

What does care cost here? Typical 2026 prices across England are visiting care around £32–£34 an hour and live-in care around £1,540–£1,610 a week.

The largest operators by number of home care agencies in Tameside are Midshires Care Limited (4), Creative Support Limited (3) and Manchester City Council - Adult Directorate (3).

Home care agencies by town in Tameside

Postcode districts in Tameside

• SK14 Hyde 8
• M34 Manchester 7
• OL6 Ashton-under-lyne 6