Midlands Care Direct

Midlands Care Direct is a home care agency based in Leicester, in the Leicestershire 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 Leicester 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 learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. The agency has been registered since October 2019.

Midlands Care Direct 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.

Midlands Care Direct has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Leicestershire. 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 159 registered home care agencies in Leicestershire. Others working the same area include Kirby Care Ltd, Mosaic 1898 LTD and Enliven Social Care Limited. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care from about £1,120 a week.