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Care homes in Southend-on-Sea

There are 85 registered care homes in Southend-on-Sea, 14 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 1,862 registered beds, an average of 22 a home. 78 have a CQC rating, and 91% of those are Good or Outstanding (2 Outstanding). 7 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Southend-on-Sea 14Residential care homes in Southend-on-Sea 71Dementia care homes in Southend-on-Sea 53

Towns:Leigh-on-SeaSouthend On SeaWestcliff-on-Sea

Listed by the regulator’s verdict, then size. Nobody pays to appear higher.

The homes

What Southend-on-Sea pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£929 a week£39 less than the middle council in England (£968), the 90th highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£959 a week£126 less than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 119th 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