City and County Healthcare Group South Coast

City and County Healthcare Group South Coast is a home care agency based in Hove, in the Brighton and Hove council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It most likely works within about 9 miles of its Hove office, which is our estimate rather than something the agency has told us. It is part of City and County Healthcare Group, which has 158 branches in England. The agency has been registered since October 2018.

At its latest inspection, published April 2023, the CQC rated City and County Healthcare Group South Coast Requires improvement, which means the CQC found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it how to improve. Ratings can change after a new inspection, so read the CQC report before you decide.

City and County Healthcare Group South Coast has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Brighton and Hove. Across England agencies usually charge £26 to £36 an hour for visits and £1,200 to £1,750 a week for live-in care. Ask for a written price list that shows the weekend and bank holiday rates and the shortest visit they will do.

There are 53 registered home care agencies in Brighton and Hove. Others working the same area include Bluebird Care (Brighton & Hove), Home Instead Senior Care - Brighton, Hove and Shoreham office and The Private Care Company, 3 of which have a rate on record. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care typically about £1,120 a week across England.