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Care homes in Gateshead

There are 49 registered care homes in Gateshead, 22 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 1,991 registered beds, an average of 41 a home. 47 have a CQC rating, and 100% of those are Good or Outstanding (2 Outstanding).

Nursing homes in Gateshead 22Residential care homes in Gateshead 27Dementia care homes in Gateshead 33

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The homes

What Gateshead pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£996 a week£28 more than the middle council in England (£968), the 71st highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,060 a week£25 less than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 83rd 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