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Care homes in Somerset

There are 198 registered care homes in Somerset, 57 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 6,391 registered beds, an average of 32 a home. 187 have a CQC rating, and 89% of those are Good or Outstanding (9 Outstanding). 20 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Somerset 57Residential care homes in Somerset 141Dementia care homes in Somerset 105

Towns:BathBridgwaterBurnham on SeaCastle CaryChardCheddarFromeGlastonburyIlminsterLangportMineheadRadstockShepton MalletTauntonWellingtonWellsWincantonYeovil

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The homes

What Somerset pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,135 a week£167 more than the middle council in England (£968), the 26th highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,082 a weekAbout the same as the middle council in England (£1,085), the 77th 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