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Care homes in Barnsley

There are 70 registered care homes in Barnsley, 13 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 2,256 registered beds, an average of 32 a home. 66 have a CQC rating, and 82% of those are Good or Outstanding (5 Outstanding). 12 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Barnsley 13Residential care homes in Barnsley 57Dementia care homes in Barnsley 42

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The homes

What Barnsley pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£819 a week£149 less than the middle council in England (£968), the 122nd highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£930 a week£155 less than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 127th 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