How is a care needs assessment arranged in Haslemere?

Ask Surrey County Council for an adult social care needs assessment, which anyone can request, including a relative acting with the person's consent. There is no charge and the outcome does not depend on income or savings. An assessor will consider daily living, mobility, medication, continence and overnight needs before recommending a level of care. If the person is in hospital, the discharge team normally begins the process, though you can follow it up directly.

Can Surrey County Council fund a nursing home placement in Haslemere?

Surrey County Council can fund or part fund a placement where the needs assessment confirms nursing care is required and the financial assessment shows capital below the upper threshold. Anyone above that threshold meets the fees privately, although the needs assessment is still worth having on record. NHS funded nursing care contributes a weekly sum towards the nursing element for every nursing home resident, whatever their means. Where needs are mainly clinical, NHS continuing healthcare may fund the whole placement.

Which nursing homes are listed for Haslemere?

Five nursing homes cover Haslemere: Brownscombe Residency, Weyspring Park, St Magnus Hospital and St Magnus Nursing, Oak Hall Care Home and Chestnut View Care Centre. The first four are each rated Good by the Care Quality Commission. Chestnut View Care Centre does not have a published rating at present. Every profile links through to the inspection report behind its rating where one exists.

How does a nursing home differ from a residential care home?

A residential care home provides personal care from care staff, covering help with washing, dressing, meals and prompting medication. A nursing home carries an additional registration for clinical nursing, with registered nurses on duty at all hours. That allows wound care, tube feeding, catheter management or palliative nursing to be managed in house rather than by community nurses visiting. All five homes listed for Haslemere are registered for nursing care.

How early should a family start looking?

Begin as soon as nursing care looks likely rather than waiting for the point at which a decision cannot be delayed. Six to eight weeks allows for repeat visits, a careful read of the inspection reports and a settled funding position. Hospital discharge rarely leaves that long, so a shortlist prepared in advance earns its keep. Where a room comes free sooner, many homes will hold it briefly against a deposit.

What should be asked on a visit to a nursing home in Haslemere?

Ask about nurse numbers on each shift and about turnover within the nursing team, since continuity matters far more to a resident than the furnishings. Request the fee schedule in writing, including whatever would move someone to a higher band. Where a home has no published rating, ask how long it has been open and who the registered manager is. Visit more than once, at different times of day.

Nursing Homes in Haslemere

Haslemere has 5 CQC registered nursing homes. 4 are rated Good, and 1 has not yet been rated. 3 of the 5 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Haslemere at a glance

What the local numbers say about care for older people in Haslemere, 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+: 100. Surrey average is 90.
People aged 75 and over: 17,100. Rising to 20,000 by 2035, up 17%
Care homes, last 12 months: 0 opened, 0 closed. 2 changed owner, covering 106 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): 2,300. Rising to 2,900 by 2035, up 27%
People aged 85 and over: 5,200. Rising to 7,900 by 2035, up 51%

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 an assessment and funding nursing care in Haslemere

Few families get the funding settled before they start looking, and almost all of them wish they had. A care needs assessment establishes whether nursing rather than residential care is required, costs nothing and can be requested by anyone. Surrey County Council carries out that assessment and the financial assessment that follows it, and where a hospital stay is involved the discharge team usually starts the process.

How the financial assessment works

Savings, income and, in a permanent placement, usually the value of a property are measured against the national capital thresholds. Capital above the upper threshold means fees are met privately. Below the lower threshold only income is counted, with a weekly personal allowance protected, and a deferred payment arrangement can postpone the sale of a house.

The NHS contributions worth raising early

Neither NHS route depends on means. NHS funded nursing care pays a fixed weekly amount towards the nursing element for every nursing home resident, and NHS continuing healthcare can fund an entire placement where the need is primarily clinical. Both are assessed separately from the council means test, so ask about them at the outset rather than assuming the answer is no.

Choosing between the nursing homes covering Haslemere

Brownscombe Residency, Weyspring Park, St Magnus Hospital and St Magnus Nursing, and Oak Hall Care Home are each rated Good. Chestnut View Care Centre has no published rating as yet. Start from the clinical reason for the move, because that is what a nursing registration exists to deliver and what most distinguishes one home from another.

Reading the reports, and what to do without one

Each rating covers whether a home is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led, and homes reach Good by quite different routes. Check the date before weighing one against another. Where no report exists, ask who the registered manager is, how long the nursing team has been in place and when the home expects its first inspection.

What to establish on a visit

Ask how many registered nurses are rostered on each shift, overnight included, and who takes clinical decisions when the manager is off site. Find out whether rising needs would bring a fee change or a move within the home. Request the fee schedule in writing, and call in near a mealtime to see how residents needing help to eat are supported.

5 nursing homes in Haslemere

Brownscombe Residency · Haslemere, Surrey · CQC Good
Chestnut View Care Centre · Haslemere, Surrey
St Magnus Hospital and St Magnus Nursing · Haslemere, West Sussex · CQC Good
Oak Hall Care Home · Haslemere, Surrey · CQC Good
Weyspring Park · Haslemere, West Sussex · 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

St Magnus Hospital and St Magnus Nursing, 16 January 2024, Good
Brownscombe Residency, 8 July 2023, Good
Weyspring Park, 26 November 2022, Good

Longest since a report

Oak Hall Care Home, 11 September 2021, Good
Weyspring Park, 26 November 2022, Good
Brownscombe Residency, 8 July 2023, Good

Frequently asked questions about nursing homes in Haslemere

How many nursing homes are there in Haslemere?

Haslemere has 5 CQC registered nursing homes: 4 Good, 1 not yet rated. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.

How much does a nursing home cost in Haslemere?

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 Haslemere were inspected most recently?

St Magnus Hospital and St Magnus Nursing (16 January 2024), Brownscombe Residency (8 July 2023) and Weyspring Park (26 November 2022) have the most recent CQC reports.

Local care news in Surrey

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