There are 27 CQC-registered home care agencies in Tameside listed on Docorix. 16 currently hold a CQC rating: 13 rated Good or Outstanding, 3 Requires improvement and 0 Inadequate. 11 have not yet been rated under their current registration.
CQC register data updated 5 October 2026 · ratings link to each provider’s official CQC report
- Esteem Care Manchester Independent CQC: Outstanding 01612853266
- 365Medicare Tameside Independent CQC: Good 01617911542
- Careline Homecare (Tameside) Independent CQC: Good 01613083456
- Comfort Call Tameside Independent CQC: Good 01613085339
- Comfort Call – Oldham Independent CQC: Good 01613085333
- Creative Support – Tameside Extra Care Services Independent CQC: Good 01613395242
- Direct Care (Tameside) Independent CQC: Good 01613383666
- Excel Care Group Independent CQC: Good 01617111332
- Extrahand Care Services Independent CQC: Good 01616376300
- Helping Hands Stalybridge Independent CQC: Good 01615166477
- Optima Health and Social Care Independent CQC: Good 01614414630
- Shabach Health Care Ltd Tameside Independent CQC: Good 01617187334
- Tameside Learning Disability Service Council-run CQC: Good 01613425240
- Link Care Solutions Independent CQC: Requires improvement 01619600854
- Routes Healthcare Tameside Independent CQC: Requires improvement 01613595680
- Smartway Health and Social Care Independent CQC: Requires improvement 01613437435
- Caleendus Independent Not yet rated 03337724206
- Care in Our Hearts Independent Not yet rated 07716631773
- Complex Care Professionals Tameside Independent Not yet rated 01615239520
- GleeCS Healthcare Solution Independent Not yet rated 01613307317
- Homecarers Manchester Independent Not yet rated 01517372820
- Northern Angels Care Manchester Independent Not yet rated 01377538188
- PBT Safer Care Ltd (Branch Location) Independent Not yet rated 01619157788
- React HCP Independent Not yet rated 07417345247
- Sterling Care Manchester Independent Not yet rated 07970766347
- SureCare Tameside & Oldham Independent Not yet rated 07886024679
- The Goodway Care Group Independent Not yet rated 01613685149
Nothing matches those filters.
Order: official CQC rating only – Outstanding first, then Good. Providers cannot pay to appear higher.
Top 10 home care agencies in Tameside by CQC rating
How we rank: only by the official CQC rating – Outstanding first, then Good, most recently inspected first. Providers cannot pay to appear here. Services the CQC has not yet rated are listed further down the page.
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Esteem Care Manchester
Outstanding
SK14
Rated Outstanding for Responsive and Well-led. Rating published August 2019.
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Tameside Learning Disability Service
Good
SK16
Rated Good in all five areas the CQC inspects. Rating published February 2024.
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Helping Hands Stalybridge
Good
SK14
Rated Good in all five areas the CQC inspects. Rating published August 2023.
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Excel Care Group
Good
M34
Rated Good overall by the CQC. Rating published August 2023.
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Shabach Health Care Ltd Tameside
Good
M34
Rated Good in all five areas the CQC inspects. Rating published December 2022.
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Creative Support – Tameside Extra Care Services
Good
OL7
Rated Good in all five areas the CQC inspects. Rating published May 2021.
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365Medicare Tameside
Good
SK14
Rated Good in all five areas the CQC inspects. Rating published March 2020.
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Careline Homecare (Tameside)
Good
OL6
Rated Good in all five areas the CQC inspects. Rating published April 2019.
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Comfort Call – Oldham
Good
OL6
Rated Good in all five areas the CQC inspects. Rating published February 2019.
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Extrahand Care Services
Good
SK14
Rated Good in all five areas the CQC inspects. Rating published November 2018.
Choosing home care agencies in Tameside
Home care agencies send care workers to help with washing, dressing, meals and medication in your own home. Ask about minimum visit lengths, how continuity of carers is maintained, what happens if a carer is late, and whether the agency works with your local council. The CQC rating shows how the agency performed at its last inspection.
Frequently asked questions
How many home care agencies are there in Tameside?
Docorix lists 27 CQC-registered home care agencies in Tameside, taken from the Care Quality Commission register (last updated 5 October 2026).
Which home care agencies in Tameside are rated Outstanding?
Esteem Care Manchester is the only one of the home care agencies in Tameside currently rated Outstanding by the CQC.
Where do these ratings come from?
Ratings are published by the Care Quality Commission, the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. We show each provider’s current rating with its publication date and link to the full CQC report. Contains CQC data © Care Quality Commission.
