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Your Local
Care Home Shortlist

Up to 10 matching adult care homes within 10 miles of your chosen postcode, organised by published CQC rating and then distance.

£19 total · one personalised PDF report · no subscription

Includes our plain-English choosing-care guide, questions for visits and a printable comparison worksheet.

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How it works

  1. Choose your area and care requirements. Use a full postcode and select the type of care.
  2. Check the number of matches. You will see the number before you decide whether to pay.
  3. Pay £19 when sales open. Your report is prepared from a dated CQC source snapshot.
  4. Download from My guides. Keep your PDF and order confirmation; no manual email delivery is needed.

Prepare your shortlist

Checking the CQC data connection…

Checking availability…

Distances are approximate straight-line miles from the postcode centre, not road or travel distance.

We do not ask for a name, full address or diagnosis. The postcode is sent to Postcodes.io to locate the search area. Selected preferences are used to prepare your report.

Your local shortlist

  • Up to 10 matching homes and approximate distance
  • Published CQC rating and rating date where supplied
  • Contact information and links to official CQC profiles and reports
  • Registered care types and published specialisms

A practical choosing-care guide

  • Understanding the person’s care needs
  • Checking CQC reports and what to ask
  • Comparing homes and arranging visits
  • Questions about fees, extras and contracts

Printable worksheets

  • One contact-and-notes page for each home
  • Visit questions and comparison prompts
  • Fee and vacancy confirmation notes
  • Follow-up actions before deciding

How we choose and order the results

We filter adult care homes in England by your care preferences, published rating and a 10-mile straight-line radius. We then order by Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement and Inadequate. Homes with the same rating are ordered by distance, then name. Unrated or unverified records are excluded. If fewer than 10 match, we show fewer.

This is Formsure’s shortlist method, not a CQC-endorsed top-10 ranking. It does not establish whether a home is suitable for an individual. Confirm care needs, suitability, vacancies, fees and funding directly with the home and the relevant professionals.

We use Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The source date appears in each report. Data may lag changes and ratings may be based on older assessments. Check the current CQC profile before making decisions. Formsure is independent of CQC.

CQC offers a free care-home search. Our charge is for the organised personalised report, plain-English guide and worksheets. No care assessment, booking, placement service, individual advice or future updates are included.

For immediate access, express consent and acknowledgement are required before supply. Paying alone does not remove your cancellation right. Rights for faulty or misdescribed content remain unaffected. Contact info@formsure.co.uk for help.