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Care homes in Wakefield

There are 96 registered care homes in Wakefield, 18 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 2,925 registered beds, an average of 30 a home. 88 have a CQC rating, and 73% of those are Good or Outstanding (2 Outstanding). 24 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Wakefield 18Residential care homes in Wakefield 78Dementia care homes in Wakefield 60

Towns:BarnsleyCastlefordKnottingleyNormantonPontefractWakefield

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The homes

What Wakefield pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£756 a week£212 less than the middle council in England (£968), the 138th highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,105 a week£20 more than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 70th 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