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Care homes in Torbay

There are 74 registered care homes in Torbay, 14 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 2,002 registered beds, an average of 27 a home. 70 have a CQC rating, and 80% of those are Good or Outstanding (2 Outstanding). 14 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Torbay 14Residential care homes in Torbay 60Dementia care homes in Torbay 45

Towns:BrixhamPaigntonTorquay

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The homes

What Torbay pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,091 a week£123 more than the middle council in England (£968), the 40th highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,208 a week£123 more than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 38th 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