How is a care needs assessment arranged in Epsom?

Contact Surrey County Council, the authority responsible for adult social care in this area, and ask for a care needs assessment. It is free and open to anyone who appears to need support, whatever their income or savings. A practitioner will look at daily living, health, safety, mobility and the help relatives are already providing. The written outcome can then be shared with any home you approach.

Which providers offer nursing care in Epsom?

Seven providers appear on this page, each registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home. Every one of them holds a Good rating. Vacancies change from week to week, so it is worth contacting more than one at a time. Each profile below sets out registration details and links through to the published inspection report.

What is the difference between a care home and a nursing home?

A residential care home provides accommodation, meals and personal care such as help with washing, dressing and medication, delivered by care staff. A nursing home holds a registration allowing qualified nurses to be on the premises at all hours as well. All seven providers listed on this page are registered as nursing homes. Where a clinical need is involved, such as a wound requiring regular dressing, a feeding tube or unstable health, that registration is what makes the difference.

How early should the search for a nursing home begin?

Starting several months ahead is ideal, because it allows time to visit properly rather than deciding in the days after a hospital admission. Waiting lists can run to weeks, particularly for rooms suited to higher levels of need. Where council or health service funding may be involved, allow further time for the assessments that come first. Reading the profiles below early makes the eventual decision a calmer one.

What should be asked when visiting a nursing home in Epsom?

Ask how many qualified nurses are on duty during the day and overnight, and how often agency nurses are used. Find out how medication, pressure care and mobility are managed, and how quickly a general practitioner can be called. Cover the practical points as well, including the weekly fee, what is charged separately, laundry and visiting arrangements. Ask to see the most recent inspection report and what the home changed in response to it.

Nursing Homes in Epsom

Q: Can Surrey County Council fund a nursing home placement?

It can, where the care needs assessment identifies eligible needs and a financial assessment shows capital below the relevant threshold. The council then contributes towards the weekly fee, with an assessed amount paid from the person's income. Where needs are primarily clinical, continuing healthcare funding may be assessed by the health service instead, and a separate contribution towards registered nursing care can apply. Both routes take time, so begin early.

Epsom has 7 CQC registered nursing homes. 7 are rated Good. 6 of the 7 were last inspected more than three years ago.

Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.

Epsom at a glance

What the local numbers say about care for older people in Epsom, to help you judge the options below.

Surrey County Council pays, residential care: £952 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,654 to £1,931, median £1,772
Care home beds filled across Surrey: 88%. The 12 month average is 87%.
Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 42. Surrey average is 90.
People aged 75 and over: 8,100. Rising to 8,900 by 2035, up 9%
Care homes, last 12 months: 0 opened, 1 closed. 2 changed owner, covering 98 beds.
Who pays, across Surrey (estimate): 32% council, 52% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,000. Rising to 1,200 by 2035, up 18%
People aged 85 and over: 2,200. Rising to 3,100 by 2035, up 41%

Planned and recent building work within 5 miles

8 Hollymoor Lane Epsom Surrey. Application for a 5 bed care home through a change of use. Submitted 15 August 2025. Approved 20 October 2025. (1.8 miles away)
32 The Avenue Cheam. Application for a 15 bed care home. Submitted 17 June 2025. Decision pending. (2.5 miles away)

Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.

Arranging Nursing Care in Epsom and Meeting the Cost

The Care Needs Assessment

A care needs assessment records what a person requires across an ordinary day and whether those needs meet the national eligibility threshold. It is free to anyone who appears to need support, whatever their savings, and a relative providing care can request a separate assessment of their own needs. Families can approach Surrey County Council to arrange both. Keep the written outcome, because every home you contact will ask for much the same information.

Fees and Who Contributes

Nursing care is charged as a weekly fee covering the room, meals, personal care and the nursing input the registration provides. Where eligible needs are identified and a financial assessment shows capital below the relevant threshold, the council may contribute, with an assessed amount paid from the person's income. Where needs arise mainly from health rather than social care, continuing healthcare funding is assessed separately by the health service, and a contribution towards registered nursing care may also apply. Anyone paying privately should ask for written confirmation of the fee, what falls outside it and how much notice precedes an increase.

Choosing Between Seven Homes Rated the Same

Where the Differences Show

Every home listed holds a Good rating, which is reassuring but leaves little to separate them on the headline word. The reports underneath are where the differences appear, since each records separate findings on safety, effectiveness, caring, responsiveness and leadership, particularly on staffing and on how a home responds when something goes wrong. Check the inspection date as well, because a home may have changed manager or owner since inspectors last called.

Questions About Nursing Cover

Ask how many qualified nurses are on duty during the day and overnight, and how often agency nurses are used to fill gaps. Find out how quickly a general practitioner or specialist can be reached, how medication is managed and reviewed, and how the home handles pressure care and mobility. Ask what would happen if your relative's health deteriorated and whether the home could continue to meet their needs.

What to Notice on a Visit

Go at a busy hour rather than a quiet one arranged for your convenience. Watch how staff speak to residents who take longer to answer, whether people look comfortable and occupied, and whether anyone explains what is about to happen. Ask what fills an ordinary day and how families are told when something changes.

7 nursing homes in Epsom

Leighton House Private Nursing Home · Epsom, Surrey · CQC Good
Tadworth Grove Care Home · Nr Epsom, Surrey · CQC Good
Rosebery Manor Care Home · Epsom, Surrey · CQC Good
Ashmount · Epsom, Surrey · CQC Good
The Beaumont · Epsom, Surrey · CQC Good
Hendford Nursing Home · Epsom, Surrey · CQC Good
Priory Court Care Home · Epsom, Surrey · CQC Good

What care costs in Surrey, per week

Type of care	What the council pays	What self-funders are typically asked
Residential care Middle half of prices from 18 Surrey homes. Median £1,772.	£952	£1,654 to £1,931
Nursing care Middle half of prices from 13 Surrey homes. Median £2,025.	£988	£1,920 to £2,155
Residential dementia care Middle half of prices from 14 Surrey homes. Median £1,842.	Not published separately	£1,725 to £2,020
Nursing dementia care South East figure, because too few Surrey homes publish this price. 37 homes. Median £2,050.	Not published separately	£1,975 to £2,226

Published prices are often starting prices, and come from homes that publish fees, so treat them as a guide. Ask the home for its own price. Powered by Orrery Intelligence.

Inspected most recently

Tadworth Grove Care Home, 3 July 2025, Good
Priory Court Care Home, 10 March 2023, Good
Rosebery Manor Care Home, 9 July 2022, Good

Longest since a report

The Epsom Beaumont, 1 August 2017, Good
Hendford Nursing Home, 19 June 2019, Good
Ashmount, 6 February 2020, Good

Frequently asked questions about nursing homes in Epsom

How many nursing homes are there in Epsom?

Epsom has 7 CQC registered nursing homes: 7 Good. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.

How much does a nursing home cost in Epsom?

Surrey County Council pays an average of £952 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,654 to £1,931 a week. Middle half of prices from 18 Surrey homes. Median £1,772. Published prices are often starting prices, and come from homes that publish fees, so treat them as a guide. Ask the home for its own price.

Which nursing homes in Epsom were inspected most recently?

Tadworth Grove Care Home (3 July 2025), Priory Court Care Home (10 March 2023) and Rosebery Manor Care Home (9 July 2022) have the most recent CQC reports.

Local care news in Surrey

New 30 bed care home registered with CQC in Waverley: Bridge House Care Home (5 November 2026)
CQC register adds a new care home in Waverley: Cedar Court Care Home (5 November 2026)

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