Lifeways Community Care (New Barnet)

Lifeways Community Care (New Barnet) is a home care agency based in Hatfield, in the Hertfordshire 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 Hatfield office, which is our estimate rather than something the agency has told us. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. It is part of Lifeways Community Care, which has 33 branches in England. The agency has been registered since December 2010.

Lifeways Community Care (New Barnet) 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.

Lifeways Community Care (New Barnet) has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Hertfordshire. 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 318 registered home care agencies in Hertfordshire. Others working the same area include Social Care Solutions Ltd (Herts & Bucks), Nursing Care Personnel Ltd and North Hants, Beds and Bucks Domiciliary Care Office. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care from about £1,120 a week.