Which nursing homes are listed for Leatherhead?

Five nursing homes cover Leatherhead: QEF Care and Rehabilitation Centre, Liberham Lodge, Hartfield House Care Home, Milner House and Dene Place Care Home. All five are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission, so each has been inspected and none sits below that grade. Because the grades match, staffing and continuity usually decide the choice. Each profile links through to the inspection report behind the rating.

What separates a nursing home from a residential care home?

A residential care home provides personal care from care staff, meaning help with washing, dressing, meals and prompting medication. A nursing home holds a further registration for clinical nursing, with registered nurses present at all hours. That allows wound care, tube feeding, catheter management or palliative nursing to be handled without community nurses visiting. All five homes listed for Leatherhead are registered for nursing care.

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

Ask about nurse numbers shift by shift and about turnover in the nursing team, because continuity matters more to a resident than the decoration does. Request the fee schedule in writing, including whatever would move someone to a higher band. Ask how the home keeps families informed when something changes clinically. Visit more than once if you can, at different times of day.

How is a care needs assessment arranged in Leatherhead?

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 usually begins the process, though you can follow it up yourself.

Can Surrey County Council fund a nursing home placement?

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 cover the full placement.

How far ahead should the search begin?

Start once nursing care looks likely rather than waiting until a decision becomes urgent. Six to eight weeks allows for repeat visits, a proper read of the inspection reports and a resolved funding position. Hospital discharge seldom allows that long, so a shortlist held in reserve is worth preparing even if nothing is needed yet. Where a room comes free sooner, many homes will hold it briefly against a deposit.

Nursing Homes in Leatherhead

Leatherhead has 5 CQC registered nursing homes. 5 are rated Good. 3 of the 5 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Leatherhead at a glance

What the local numbers say about care for older people in Leatherhead, 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+: 80. Surrey average is 90.
People aged 75 and over: 12,100. Rising to 13,900 by 2035, up 15%
Care homes, last 12 months: 0 opened, 1 closed. 1 changed owner, covering 42 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): 1,600. Rising to 2,000 by 2035, up 23%
People aged 85 and over: 3,600. Rising to 5,200 by 2035, up 44%

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. (4.6 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.

Choosing between the nursing homes covering Leatherhead

Identical grades across a whole list force the comparison down into the detail underneath them. Start with what the move is actually for: conditions needing wound care, tube feeding, catheter management or palliative nursing are managed in house here by registered nurses rather than by visiting district nurses. Ask how many qualified nurses are rostered on each shift and who holds clinical responsibility overnight.

Where the grades sit

QEF Care and Rehabilitation Centre, Liberham Lodge, Hartfield House Care Home, Milner House and Dene Place Care Home all hold a Good rating. The reports break findings down across whether a home is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led, and a home strong on caring may still have had something flagged on staffing. Check how recent each inspection is before weighing one against another.

Questions a visit should answer

Ask about turnover within the nursing team, since continuity matters far more to a resident than the furnishings. Find out whether rising needs would bring a fee change or a move within the home. Request the fee schedule in writing, including whatever triggers a higher band, and arrive near a mealtime to see how residents needing help to eat are supported.

Arranging the assessment and funding the placement

A care needs assessment comes before any contract and establishes whether nursing rather than residential care is required. It is free, open to anyone who asks, and a relative may request it with the person's consent. Surrey County Council is responsible for that assessment and for 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 delay a sale.

Nursing costs and NHS contributions

Nursing fees across this part of the country run above the national average and above residential rates, because a registered nurse must be on duty at all times. NHS funded nursing care pays a fixed weekly amount towards the nursing element whatever the resident's means, and NHS continuing healthcare can meet a full placement where the need is primarily clinical. Ask what each quoted weekly figure includes and how often fees are reviewed.

5 nursing homes in Leatherhead

Liberham Lodge · Leatherhead, Surrey · CQC Good
Milner House · Leatherhead, Surrey · CQC Good
Dene Place Care Home · Leatherhead, Surrey · CQC Good
Hartfield House Care Home · Leatherhead, Surrey · CQC Good
QEF Care and Rehabilitation Centre · Leatherhead, 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

Hartfield House Care Home, 15 July 2024, Good
Liberham Lodge, 25 April 2024, Good
Milner House, 23 June 2022, Good

Longest since a report

Dene Place Care Home, 2 October 2018, Good
QEF Care and Rehabilitation Centre, 8 October 2021, Good
Milner House, 23 June 2022, Good

Frequently asked questions about nursing homes in Leatherhead

How many nursing homes are there in Leatherhead?

Leatherhead has 5 CQC registered nursing homes: 5 Good. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.

How much does a nursing home cost in Leatherhead?

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 Leatherhead were inspected most recently?

Hartfield House Care Home (15 July 2024), Liberham Lodge (25 April 2024) and Milner House (23 June 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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