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Care homes in Southampton

There are 51 registered care homes in Southampton, 11 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 1,531 registered beds, an average of 30 a home. 48 have a CQC rating, and 85% of those are Good or Outstanding (1 Outstanding). 7 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Southampton 11Residential care homes in Southampton 40Dementia care homes in Southampton 28

Listed by the regulator’s verdict, then size. Nobody pays to appear higher.

The homes

What Southampton pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£990 a week£22 more than the middle council in England (£968), the 74th highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,293 a week£208 more than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 20th 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