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Care homes in Dorset

There are 119 registered care homes in Dorset, 35 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 4,448 registered beds, an average of 37 a home. 107 have a CQC rating, and 94% of those are Good or Outstanding (6 Outstanding). 6 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Dorset 35Residential care homes in Dorset 84Dementia care homes in Dorset 83

Towns:Blandford ForumBridportDorchesterFerndownGillinghamLyme RegisPooleRingwoodShaftesburySherborneSturminster NewtonSwanageWeymouthWimborne

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The homes

What Dorset pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,254 a week£286 more than the middle council in England (£968), the 13th highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,282 a week£197 more than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 22nd 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