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Care homes in Wirral

There are 111 registered care homes in Wirral, 41 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 3,441 registered beds, an average of 31 a home. 103 have a CQC rating, and 71% of those are Good or Outstanding. 30 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Wirral 41Residential care homes in Wirral 70Dementia care homes in Wirral 56

Towns:BirkenheadPrentonWallaseyWirral

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The homes

What Wirral pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£741 a week£227 less than the middle council in England (£968), the 142nd highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£819 a week£266 less than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 140th 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