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Care homes in County Durham

There are 142 registered care homes in County Durham, 54 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 5,199 registered beds, an average of 37 a home. 133 have a CQC rating, and 92% of those are Good or Outstanding (9 Outstanding). 11 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in County Durham 54Residential care homes in County Durham 88Dementia care homes in County Durham 92

Towns:Barnard CastleBishop AucklandChester le StreetConsettCrookDurhamFerryhillHartlepoolHoughton le SpringNewcastle upon TyneNewton AycliffePeterleeSeahamSpennymoorStanleyStockton-on-Tees

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The homes

What County Durham pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,094 a week£126 more than the middle council in England (£968), the 38th highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£697 a week£388 less than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 148th 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