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Care homes in Wiltshire

There are 163 registered care homes in Wiltshire, 48 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 5,124 registered beds, an average of 31 a home. 156 have a CQC rating, and 90% of those are Good or Outstanding (3 Outstanding). 16 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Wiltshire 48Residential care homes in Wiltshire 115Dementia care homes in Wiltshire 92

Towns:Bradford On AvonCalneChippenhamCorshamDevizesMarlboroughMelkshamPewseySalisburyShaftesburySwindonTrowbridgeWarminsterWestbury

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What Wiltshire pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,089 a week£121 more than the middle council in England (£968), the 42nd highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,062 a week£23 less than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 82nd 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