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Care homes in Cheshire West and Chester

There are 85 registered care homes in Cheshire West and Chester, 48 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 3,384 registered beds, an average of 40 a home. 74 have a CQC rating, and 73% of those are Good or Outstanding. 20 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Cheshire West and Chester 48Residential care homes in Cheshire West and Chester 37Dementia care homes in Cheshire West and Chester 52

Towns:ChesterEllesmere PortFrodshamKnutsfordNestonNorthwichTarporleyWinsford

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The homes

What Cheshire West and Chester pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£915 a week£53 less than the middle council in England (£968), the 96th highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£985 a week£100 less than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 110th 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