Dolphin Healthcare Services

Dolphin Healthcare Services is a home care agency based in Birmingham, 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 Birmingham 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, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. It is run by Delight Essential Services. The agency has been registered since December 2015.

Dolphin Healthcare 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.

Dolphin Healthcare Services has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Birmingham. 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 292 registered home care agencies in Birmingham. Others working the same area include Blue Diamonds Professional Services Limited Office, Ables Community Care Ltd and 24-7 Care Services. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care from about £1,120 a week.