Routes Healthcare Merseyside

Routes Healthcare Merseyside is a home care agency based in Liverpool, 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 Liverpool 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 Routes Healthcare, which has 11 branches in England. The agency has been registered since December 2022.

Routes Healthcare Merseyside 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.

Routes Healthcare Merseyside has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Liverpool. 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 100 registered home care agencies in Liverpool. Others working the same area include CARAH Care, Helping Hands Aintree and Home Instead Liverpool Central and North. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care from about £1,120 a week.