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Care homes in Swale

There are 44 registered care homes in Swale, 5 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 1,019 registered beds, an average of 23 a home. 41 have a CQC rating, and 85% of those are Good or Outstanding (4 Outstanding). 6 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Swale 5Residential care homes in Swale 39Dementia care homes in Swale 17

Towns:FavershamSheernessSittingbourne

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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