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Care homes in Cornwall

There are 199 registered care homes in Cornwall, 45 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 4,892 registered beds, an average of 25 a home. 194 have a CQC rating, and 81% of those are Good or Outstanding (5 Outstanding). 36 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Cornwall 45Residential care homes in Cornwall 154Dementia care homes in Cornwall 107

Towns:BodminBudeCallingtonCamborneFalmouthHayleHelstonHolsworthyLauncestonLiskeardLooeNewquayParPenzancePerranporthRedruthSaltashSt AgnesSt AustellSt. IvesTorpointTruroWadebridge

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The homes

What Cornwall pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,062 a week£94 more than the middle council in England (£968), the 49th highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,157 a week£72 more than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 53rd 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