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Care homes in Cambridge

There are 15 registered care homes in Cambridge, 8 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 766 registered beds, an average of 51 a home. 13 have a CQC rating, and 92% of those are Good or Outstanding. 1 is rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Cambridge 8Residential care homes in Cambridge 7Dementia care homes in Cambridge 11

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The homes

What Cambridgeshire pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£990 a week£22 more than the middle council in England (£968), the 72nd highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,128 a week£43 more than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 60th highest of 151.

This is what the council spent, averaged over every placement it paid for, not a fee anyone is quoted. People paying for themselves are usually charged more: the Competition and Markets Authority found a 41% gap on average in 2017. Nursing figures exclude NHS-funded nursing care, which the NHS pays to the home on top. Source: Department of Health and Social Care, Adult social care finance report 2024-25. Every council compared