Watra Care Birmingham

Watra Care Birmingham is a home care agency based in Birmingham, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It Watra Care covers: We cover the following areas: Solihull, Central Birmingham, Harborne, Edgbaston, Shirley, Hall Green, Moseley, Kings Heath, Northfield, Quinton, Sutton Coldfield, Oldbury, Smethwick, Yardley, Sandwell and surrounding areas. It is registered to care for older people, people living with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. Its website lists live-in care and 24-hour care. It is run by Watra Care. The agency has been registered since January 2020.

At its latest inspection, published October 2021, the CQC rated Watra Care Birmingham Good, which means the CQC found the service performing well and meeting its expectations. Ratings can change after a new inspection, so read the CQC report before you decide.

Watra Care Birmingham has not published its rates and has not yet told us what they are. Home care agencies in Birmingham with a rate on record typically charge about £24.05 an hour and £1,675 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 292 registered home care agencies in Birmingham. Others working the same area include Living Hope Healthcare Ltd, Sandwell Asian Family Support and Birmingham Rathbone, 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.