Will Cheshire East Council fund a nursing home place in Crewe?

It may, where a needs assessment confirms that nursing care is required and a financial assessment shows capital and income below the national thresholds. The resident usually pays an assessed contribution from income while the authority covers the balance up to the rate it normally pays. Where a family selects a home charging more than that rate, a third party may need to fund the shortfall. If the person has a primary health need, National Health Service continuing healthcare may meet the cost instead.

How is a care needs assessment arranged in Crewe?

Get in touch with adult social care at Cheshire East Council, either by telephone or through the referral form on its website, and explain what has changed at home. There is no charge, and anyone who appears to need care and support is entitled to be assessed whatever their means. A practitioner will work through daily routines, health conditions, safety, night time disturbance and the help family members are already giving. Noting how the past fortnight has genuinely gone helps the assessment reflect an ordinary week.

How early should a family start looking?

Earlier than feels necessary, since the better regarded homes often keep waiting lists and rushed decisions seldom hold up well. Starting while the present arrangement is still working leaves time for two visits and a proper comparison between them. If a hospital discharge is being planned, tell the ward team and the local authority immediately so assessment and placement can move together. Even a rough shortlist prepared in advance removes much of the pressure when circumstances shift quickly.

Which nursing homes are available in Crewe?

Eleven registered nursing homes serve the town and all of them appear on this page. They include Belong Crewe Care Village, Primrose House Nursing Home, Hollymere House General Nursing Home, Telford Court Nursing Home, Station House and Bentley Manor among others. Each listing shows the provider type together with the current Care Quality Commission rating where one has been published. Comparing them side by side here is quicker than contacting each home in turn.

What is worth asking on a visit to a nursing home?

Ask how many qualified nurses are on duty by day and by night, and how the home covers an unexpected absence. Ask how care plans are reviewed, how quickly relatives hear about falls or infections, and how residents are supported towards the end of life. Ask to see a recent menu and activities list, then ask what a day looks like for someone who prefers to remain in their room. Specific answers given without hesitation usually indicate a settled and confident team.

What separates a nursing home from a residential care home?

A nursing home employs registered nurses on site, so clinical care such as wound management, catheter care and complex medication can be given around the clock. A residential care home offers accommodation and personal care from trained care staff and draws on community health teams when clinical input is needed. All eleven providers listed here hold nursing registration. Where only personal care is needed, a residential home is usually the more suitable and less expensive choice.

Nursing Homes in Crewe

Crewe has 13 CQC registered nursing homes. 8 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, 2 Requires improvement, and 2 have not yet been rated. 6 of the 13 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Crewe at a glance

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

Cheshire East Council pays, residential care: £921 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,249 to £1,514, median £1,409
Care home beds filled across Cheshire East: 86%. The 12 month average is 86%.
Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 86
People aged 75 and over: 51,700. Rising to 60,600 by 2035, up 17%
Care homes, last 12 months: 0 opened, 0 closed. 10 changed owner, covering 552 beds.
Who pays, across Cheshire East (estimate): 32% council, 46% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 6,700. Rising to 8,600 by 2035, up 28%
People aged 85 and over: 13,900. Rising to 21,300 by 2035, up 53%

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Planning nursing care in Crewe and working out the cost

The order in which a family tackles this makes a surprising difference. Homes get visited first and finances examined afterwards, when starting with the assessment usually produces a clearer shortlist and fewer wasted afternoons. Nothing about asking for an assessment commits anyone to a particular route, and it can run alongside the search rather than delaying it.

The assessment and what it establishes

Every person who appears to need care and support is entitled to have their needs assessed, and savings have no bearing on that entitlement. The assessment is carried out by Cheshire East Council Adult Social Care, whose practitioners look at mobility, medication, continence, memory, night time needs and how much a partner or adult child is already absorbing before recording whether nursing care is proportionate. A financial assessment runs alongside and decides contributions. Households expecting to pay privately still gain from the written outcome, since it gives them a specification to hold each home against instead of a general wish for more support.

Weekly fees and the routes to help

Nursing fees are quoted by the week and stand above residential rates, because clinical cover is built into the price. Where capital and income fall beneath the national thresholds, the local authority contributes and the resident pays an assessed amount from income; if a family chooses a home charging more than the authority usually pays, a third party may be asked to meet the difference. Someone whose needs are primarily health related may have the entire placement met through National Health Service continuing healthcare, and the nursing portion of a fee is often covered separately by a funded nursing care contribution. Ask for charges in writing, including what sits outside the weekly rate.

Choosing a nursing home in Crewe and what to check

Weighing the published records

Eleven homes serve the town and their records are not interchangeable. Belong Crewe Care Village holds an Outstanding rating, six homes are rated Good, two are rated Requires Improvement, and two carry no published rating yet, which usually reflects the absence of an inspection report rather than any known concern. For those two, ask how long the home has been open and what internal auditing it does. For the rest, the report behind the rating is where the useful detail lives, including how recent the visit was and whether the findings concerned records or the care residents actually received.

What a visit should reveal

Go at a busy time, ideally mid afternoon or around a mealtime, and pay attention to how staff talk to residents who cannot easily reply. Ask how many registered nurses are rostered by day and overnight, how often shifts are filled by agency workers, and what the turnover of staff has been over the past year. Ask how the home responds when someone deteriorates, how families are informed about falls and infections, and what support is offered at the end of life. Homes such as Primrose House Nursing Home, Bentley Manor and Telford Court Nursing Home currently hold a Good rating, but the atmosphere you meet on a weekday afternoon should carry as much weight as the label.

13 nursing homes in Crewe

Bentley Manor · Sherbourne Road, Crewe, Cheshire East, CW1 4LB
Nursing home · CQC Good · Nursing on site · Run by Harbour Healthcare Ltd
We at Bentley Manor are proud to offer specialist nursing home care in the heart of Crewe, Cheshire East, providing a warm and supportive environment for adults who need attentive, round the clock support. Our home has been thoughtfully...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Primrose House Nursing Home · 72 Crewe Road, Crewe, Cheshire East, CW1 5QZ
Nursing home · CQC Good · Nursing on site · Run by HC-One Limited
We at Primrose House Nursing Home are proud to offer compassionate nursing care in the heart of Crewe, Cheshire East. Our home has been thoughtfully created as a welcoming place where residents can feel safe, valued, and truly at home,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Alexandra Mill · 356 Crewe Road, Crewe, Cheshire East, CW2 5AD
Nursing home · Nursing on site · Run by Anavo Care (Crewe) Ltd
Alexandra Mill is a nursing home in Crewe. We care for older people who need nursing support, including those living with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with visual or hearing impairment and some younger adults....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Hollymere House General Nursing Home · 72 Crewe Road, Crewe, Cheshire East, CW1 5QZ
Nursing home · CQC Good · Nursing on site · Run by HC-One Limited
We at Hollymere House General Nursing Home offer a welcoming nursing home setting in the heart of Crewe, Cheshire East, where compassionate nursing care and a genuine sense of community come together for every resident who walks through...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Station House · Victoria Avenue, Crewe, Cheshire East, CW2 7SF
Nursing home · CQC Good · Nursing on site · Run by Community Health Services Limited
Station House is a nursing home in Crewe. We provide nursing care for older people and younger adults, and we support people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people with a physical disability and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Belong Care Village · Brookhouse Drive, Crewe, Cheshire East, CW2 6NA
Nursing home · CQC Outstanding · Nursing on site · Run by Belong Limited
At Belong Crewe Care Village, we are proud to offer a warm and genuinely homely environment for the people who live with us here in Crewe, Cheshire East. We are rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission, which reflects the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Sherborne Court Neurological Centre · Sherborne Road, Crewe, Cheshire East, CW1 4LB
Nursing home · CQC Requires improvement · Nursing on site · Run by Sherborne Court Neurological Centre Limited
Sherborne Court Neurological Centre in Crewe provides nursing care for adults, including younger adults, living with complex neurological conditions and physical disability. Qualified nurses are on hand throughout the day and night, and...
Specialisms: Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Primrose House Nursing Home · 72 Crewe Road, Crewe, Cheshire East, CW1 5QZ
Nursing home · CQC Good · Nursing on site · Run by WT NB OpCo 1 Limited
Primrose House Nursing Home is in Crewe, providing nursing care for older people and younger adults across Cheshire East, including many people living with dementia. Having qualified nurses on site at all hours is what allows us to look...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults
Hollymere House General Nursing Home · 72 Crewe Road, Crewe, Cheshire East, CW1 5QZ
Nursing home · CQC Good · Nursing on site · Run by WT NB OpCo 1 Limited
Hollymere House General Nursing Home is in Crewe, providing nursing care for older people and younger adults across Cheshire East. Having qualified nurses on site at every hour is what allows us to look after people whose health needs are...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Telford Court Nursing Home · Dunwoody Way, Crewe, Cheshire East, CW1 3AW
Nursing home · CQC Good · Nursing on site · Run by Inspired Life Care Limited
We are Telford Court Nursing Home in Crewe, Cheshire East. As a nursing home we have registered nurses on duty at all hours, so we are able to care for older people and younger adults with complex health needs, including those living with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Corbrook Park · Audlem Road, Crewe, Cheshire East, CW3 0HF
Nursing home · CQC Good · Nursing on site · Run by Welford Healthcare MC Ltd
We are Corbrook Park, a nursing home in Crewe, Cheshire East. We provide nursing care for older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia and people with physical disabilities, and we also offer respite stays for...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Cypress Court · Broad Street, Crewe, Cheshire East, CW1 3DH
Nursing home · CQC Requires improvement · Nursing on site · Run by Maven Healthcare (Cypress Court) LLP
Cypress Court is a nursing home in Crewe. Being registered for nursing care means we can look after people whose health needs are more complex than a residential home can safely meet, with qualified nurses working alongside our care team...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Merlin House (ECHO) · 19 Archer Drive, Crewe, CW1 5DN
Nursing home · Nursing on site · Run by Merlin House (ECHO) Limited
Merlin House is a nursing home in Crewe. Having qualified nurses on duty means we can care for people whose health needs go beyond what a residential home can safely manage, and it usually means somebody can stay with us as their needs...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care

What care costs in Cheshire East, per week

Type of care	What the council pays	What self-funders are typically asked
Residential care North West figure, because too few Cheshire East homes publish this price. 20 homes. Median £1,409.	£921	£1,249 to £1,514
Nursing care England figure, because too few Cheshire East homes publish this price. 140 homes. Median £1,916.	£1,108	£1,600 to £2,071
Residential dementia care North West figure, because too few Cheshire East homes publish this price. 17 homes. Median £1,533.	Not published separately	£1,372 to £1,648
Nursing dementia care England figure, because too few Cheshire East homes publish this price. 75 homes. Median £2,050.	Not published separately	£1,890 to £2,221

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

Station House, 27 February 2026, Good
Sherborne Court Neurological Centre, 14 January 2026, Requires improvement
Telford Court Nursing Home, 18 February 2025, Good

Longest since a report

Belong Crewe Care Village, 14 November 2017, Outstanding
Hollymere House General Nursing Home, 19 September 2018, Good
Hollymere House General Nursing Home, 19 September 2018, Good

Frequently asked questions about nursing homes in Crewe

How many nursing homes are there in Crewe?

Crewe has 13 CQC registered nursing homes: 1 Outstanding, 8 Good, 2 Requires improvement, 2 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 Crewe?

Cheshire East Council pays an average of £921 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,249 to £1,514 a week. North West figure, because too few Cheshire East homes publish this price. 20 homes. Median £1,409. 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 Crewe were inspected most recently?

Station House (27 February 2026), Sherborne Court Neurological Centre (14 January 2026) and Telford Court Nursing Home (18 February 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.

Local care news in Cheshire East

The Belvedere registered as a 41 bed care home in Cheshire East (5 November 2026)

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