The cost of care in Slough

What care usually costs in Slough

Expect more variation from agency to agency than from region to region; request the whole price list, covering weekends and bank holidays. For 2026/27, the Homecare Association reckons council-funded home care in England cannot be sustained below £34.42 an hour. Individual homes can be far from the average. Room type, care needs and nursing are the three things that move the price. The council rate for a room is normally below the private rate.

How Slough's services score with the regulator

CQC registers 16 residential and nursing homes and 70 domiciliary agencies in Slough. Among homes with an inspection result, 57% score Good or better, lower than the national 83%. Agencies reach 72%, lower than the 88% seen nationally. Awaiting a first verdict: 2 homes, 45 agencies.

How to get a reliable quote

A written tariff from each provider beats a phone quote. Look for differences between weekday and unsocial-hours rates, the shortest booking allowed and mileage; with homes, check inclusions and the timing of annual increases. Next, use the cost calculator for a weekly figure and What will I pay? for your likely share.

What the data shows for Slough

Paying privately in Slough, expect around £1,590 a week for a care home bed (Q4 2026 estimate), compared with £1,620 regionally and £1,520 nationally. By type: residential about £1,560, nursing about £1,850. One company, Rehabilitation Education And Community Homes Limited, runs more services in Slough than any other: 4 (4 care homes). Next is Windsar Care Limited with 2.

Modelled fees for Q4 2026 put an hour of home care in Slough at £32.00 an hour (South East: £33.50; England: £33.50). Of Slough's 16 care homes, 14 have a CQC rating; 57% of those are Good or Outstanding, against 83% for England. Of these, 6 provide nursing, which is 38% of homes in the area.

At the other end of the scale from the 0 Outstanding care homes, 6 of the area's rated care homes (43%) are Requires improvement or Inadequate, compared with 17% nationally. Together the 16 care homes that report their size have 570 beds; the typical home has 18.

Source: our analysis of CQC data (Oct 2026), fees modelled for Q4 2026.