How we recommend
How we choose who we list
How Fingerpost finds, checks and labels the services it lists, and the rules we keep about money.
710 services in Cheshire East, 122 of them checked by our team.
Who makes Fingerpost
Fingerpost is a free resource made by Dr Niall Jawad and Dr Haroon Ahmad. They also co-founded Visiting Angels Cheshire East, a home care company that appears in this directory, labelled "Founders’ company". Fingerpost is not run or approved by Visiting Angels. We aim to list every relevant service in the area, we take no referral fees. When home care might help, we always show you other local providers too.
How places are labelled
We aim to list every relevant service in the area, not only the ones we have visited. Every listing carries one of these labels, on its card and its page.
Checked by our team
Places our team has visited or researched by hand, with details checked against official sources.
122 listings
More places in Cheshire East
Details come from the Care Quality Commission and the council’s directory. We flag the places we have visited.
575 listings
Council or NHS service
Free services run by Cheshire East Council or the NHS.
11 listings
Founders’ company
The home care company our founders co-founded. It is labelled everywhere, shown first and never a Team favourite.
2 listings
What a visit checks
When our team checks a place, it is labelled “Checked by our team”. We check:
- The service is registered with the right regulator where one applies, such as the CQC, GPhC, SRA, FCA or HCPC.
- What they offer and the towns they cover, in plain words, checked with the service.
- Contact details from the service itself or an official source, never from personal notes.
- Nothing private from the visit, such as staff names, is published.
- Home care: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
- Care homes: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
- Later-life lawyers: Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)
- Financial planners: Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Complaints and concerns
- Tell us about a problem with a listed service and we will look into it.
- We may add a note to the listing, pause it while we check, or remove it.
- Concerns about the quality or safety of care should also go to the Care Quality Commission or the council.
Where the data comes from
- Care Quality Commission (opens in a new tab)
Registered care homes, home care agencies, GP practices, dentists and clinics, under the Open Government Licence.
- Cheshire East Council (opens in a new tab)
Live Well Cheshire East, the council’s directory of local services and groups.
- NHS (opens in a new tab)
Pharmacies, hospitals and community health services.
Our team
Places we have visited or researched by hand.
Each listing links to its source for the latest information.
Our rules
No fees either way
We take no referral fees from the places we list.
At most three per need
When a navigator introduces you, it is to up to three options: enough to compare, few enough to act on.
We follow up every introduction
After two weeks and two months we ask what helped. What families tell us shapes who we recommend next.
How Fingerpost is funded
It is free for families: the plan, the call and any introductions cost nothing.
How it works
Step 1: Tell us what’s going on
Answer a few short questions. It takes about a minute, and nothing is shared until you choose.
Step 2: Get a free plan with local services
What to do first, help you may be entitled to, and local services near you, each labelled so you know how we know it.
Step 3: A local navigator calls, if you need
Leave your details and a navigator will call, usually within one working day, to help you act on the plan.
Published results
We will publish what families tell us at 2 weeks and 2 months once we have heard from at least 30.