Ambrosial services

Ambrosial services is a home care agency based in Watford, in the Hertfordshire council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It Ambrosial Home Care Services, based in Hertfordshire - serving London, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and further afield. It is registered to care for older people, people living with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. Its website lists hourly visits, live-in care, sleeping nights, waking nights and 24-hour care. The agency has been registered since November 2023.

Ambrosial services has not yet received a CQC rating. This is normal for a newly registered agency; the CQC usually inspects within its first year or so.

Ambrosial services has not published its rates and has not yet told us what they are. Home care agencies in Hertfordshire with a rate on record typically charge about £28.25 an hour and £1,475 a week for live-in care, so expect a figure in that range and ask for a written price list that shows weekend and bank holiday rates.

On how it works, the agency says: 24/7 on-call, free assessment, 10 years operating, takes council-funded clients and takes nhs continuing healthcare. Details like these come from the agency's own website and change, so confirm them when you call.

There are 318 registered home care agencies in Hertfordshire. Others working the same area include Sarah's Home Care Ltd, Bridgewater Home care Watford and Walfinch Watford and Hemel Hempstead, 5 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.