Competent Healthcare Ltd

Competent Healthcare Ltd is a home care agency based in Southampton, 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 Southampton 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, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. It is run by Competent Healthcare. The agency has been registered since February 2018.

At its latest inspection, published July 2024, the CQC rated Competent Healthcare Ltd 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.

Competent Healthcare Ltd has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Southampton. 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 Southampton. Others working the same area include Carelife, Fast Call Recruitment and Gracewell Staffing Limited. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care from about £1,120 a week.