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Care homes in Plymouth

There are 87 registered care homes in Plymouth, 20 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 2,262 registered beds, an average of 26 a home. 85 have a CQC rating, and 79% of those are Good or Outstanding (9 Outstanding). 18 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Plymouth 20Residential care homes in Plymouth 67Dementia care homes in Plymouth 44

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The homes

What Plymouth pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£873 a week£95 less than the middle council in England (£968), the 106th highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,021 a week£64 less than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 95th 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