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Care homes in Folkestone and Hythe

There are 76 registered care homes in Folkestone and Hythe, 14 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 1,591 registered beds, an average of 21 a home. 72 have a CQC rating, and 81% of those are Good or Outstanding. 14 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Folkestone and Hythe 14Residential care homes in Folkestone and Hythe 62Dementia care homes in Folkestone and Hythe 21

Towns:AshfordDoverFolkestoneHytheNew RomneyRomney Marsh

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The homes

What Kent pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,096 a week£128 more than the middle council in England (£968), the 37th highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,277 a week£192 more than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 23rd 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