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Care homes in Darlington

There are 32 registered care homes in Darlington, 10 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 1,306 registered beds, an average of 41 a home. 29 have a CQC rating, and 86% of those are Good or Outstanding (2 Outstanding). 4 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Darlington 10Residential care homes in Darlington 22Dementia care homes in Darlington 18

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The homes

What Darlington pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£824 a week£144 less than the middle council in England (£968), the 119th highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£710 a week£375 less than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 147th 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