Oswestry

Oswestry is a home care agency based in Oswestry, in the Shropshire council area, 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 Oswestry 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 part of Approved Care and Support, which has 2 branches in England. The agency has been registered since February 2017.

Oswestry 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.

Oswestry has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Shropshire. 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 81 registered home care agencies in Shropshire. Others working the same area include English Walls, Oswestry Care Limited and Bluebird Care Oswestry. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care from about £1,120 a week.