Walfinch West Suffolk

Walfinch West Suffolk is a home care agency based in Ipswich, in the Suffolk council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It Covers Birmingham South, Bracknell & Ascot, Brentwood & Chelmsford, Camberley & Farnham, Chiswick, Hammersmith & Kensington, Croydon, Dulwich, Bromley & Sevenoaks, Ealing & Uxbridge, East Barnet, Eastbourne, Edinburgh South, Glasgow South, Greater Manchester South, Guildford & Woking, Hampstead & Camden, Hampton, Twickenham & Virginia Water, Harrow & Brent, Henley-on-Thames, Kingston & Weybridge, Leeds, Leicester & Loughborough, Mansfield, Mid & South Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes & Bedford, Newcastle East, Northampton, Norwich, Oxfordshire, Reading & Wokingham, Reigate & Horsham, Richmond, Putney & Wandsworth, Solihull, Southampton, St Albans, Stratford & Leamington Spa, Suffolk Coastal, Sutton Coldfield, Swindon & Marlborough, Waltham Forest, Watford & Hemel Hempstead, Welwyn & Bishop’s Stortford, West Suffolk, Windsor & Maidenhead, Witney. 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 Wickham Care Company West Suffolk. The agency has been registered since March 2021.

At its latest inspection, published May 2022, the CQC rated Walfinch West Suffolk Requires improvement, which means the CQC found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it how to improve. Ratings can change after a new inspection, so read the CQC report before you decide.

Walfinch West Suffolk has not published its rates and has not yet told us what they are. Home care agencies in Suffolk with a rate on record typically charge about £30 an hour and £1,475 a week for live-in care, so expect a figure in that range and ask for a written price list that shows weekend and bank holiday rates.

There are 198 registered home care agencies in Suffolk. Others working the same area include Sydney Brown Court, Sunflower Homecare and Ashwood Care Colchester, 2 of which have a rate on record. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care typically about £1,120 a week across England.