Choice First Health and Home Care Ltd

Choice First Health and Home Care Ltd is a home care agency based in Smethwick, in the Sandwell 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 Smethwick office, which is our estimate rather than something the agency has told us. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults and people with a physical disability. It is run by Choice First Health and Home Care. The agency has been registered since May 2019.

Choice First Health and Home Care Ltd 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.

Choice First Health and Home Care Ltd has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Sandwell. 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 83 registered home care agencies in Sandwell. Others working the same area include Birmingham, Honor Care Limited and Right Way Support Limited. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care from about £1,120 a week.