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Care homes in Cheltenham

There are 35 registered care homes in Cheltenham, 13 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 1,475 registered beds, an average of 42 a home. 32 have a CQC rating, and 81% of those are Good or Outstanding (2 Outstanding). 6 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Cheltenham 13Residential care homes in Cheltenham 22Dementia care homes in Cheltenham 24

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The homes

What Gloucestershire pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,005 a week£37 more than the middle council in England (£968), the 66th highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,384 a week£299 more than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 8th 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