City and County Healthcare Group West Lancashire

City and County Healthcare Group West Lancashire is a home care agency based in Skelmersdale, in the Lancashire council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It most likely works within about 6 miles of its Skelmersdale office, which is our estimate rather than something the agency has told us. It is registered to care for older people, people living with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. It is part of City and County Healthcare Group, which has 158 branches in England. The agency has been registered since October 2024.

City and County Healthcare Group West Lancashire 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.

City and County Healthcare Group West Lancashire has not published its rates and has not yet told us what they are. Home care agencies in Lancashire with a rate on record typically charge about £25 an hour and £1,675 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.

There are 262 registered home care agencies in Lancashire. Others working the same area include Stocks Home Care Services, Alcedo Care St Helens, Wigan and Warrington and Bridgewater Home Care, 1 of which has 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.