24-Hour Care in Fetcham: Costs, Funding and 86 Local Agencies (Oct 2026)

Live-in care or waking nights?

Live-in care is usually the most affordable way to have someone there day and night: one carer lives in, but needs about two hours off each day and an unbroken night's sleep. Waking nights put a carer in the home who stays awake all night; combined with daytime visits, that covers all 24 hours. If help is needed most nights, one live-in carer is not enough: add waking nights or a second carer.

Typical local prices: live-in care around £1,540–£1,610 a week; a residential care home £1,555 a week.

When 24-hour care is needed

Families usually look for it after a hospital stay, when dementia means someone cannot be left alone or wanders at night, after repeated falls, or at the end of life. A care home is the alternative to compare: for one person it often costs less than staffing every hour at home, but many people want to stay in their own home.

Help paying for 24-hour care

Surrey council must offer a free care needs assessment; if it finds eligible needs by day and night, care at home can be part of a council care plan, and the value of the home is not counted for care at home. Attendance Allowance pays its higher rate of £114.60 a week to people over State Pension age who need help both day and night, whatever their savings. When the main need is a health need, NHS Continuing Healthcare may pay in full. Asking Surrey council for an assessment.

Fetcham's agencies in figures

CQC registered MSEA Care Ltd in June 2026, the newest on this list. Registered specialisms here: 77 of 86 list physical disabilities, 43 of 86 list learning disabilities and 52 of 86 list mental health conditions. In Fetcham, 86% of agencies support people with dementia (74 of 86); the Surrey figure is 84%. One rating goes back to June 2018: AM2PM Quality Care Limited. Ask what has changed since. Surrey has 16 Outstanding agencies in total; covering Fetcham the figure is 6. Ranked against the 6 closest towns on our site by the share of every listed agency that is rated Good or Outstanding, Fetcham comes 3rd of 7 (70%), with Oxshott top at 77%. Compare Fetcham's 95% Good or Outstanding with 91% for the rated agencies among the 1,090 we list in Surrey. 27% of agencies covering Fetcham have a CQC rating from the last two years, against 22% across Surrey.

24-hour care prices in Fetcham

Typical 2026 prices across England
Visiting care	around £32–£34 an hour
Live-in care	around £1,540–£1,610 a week

Council rates in Surrey County Council: £24.87 an hour for home care (2025/26 average paid to agencies); £952.38 a week for residential care (2025/26 average, over-65s); £988.04 a week for nursing care (2025/26 average, over-65s) (source).

Hourly rates vary between agencies more than between regions; ask each agency for its full price list, including weekend and bank holiday rates. The Homecare Association puts the minimum sustainable price for council-funded home care in England at £34.42 an hour for 2026/27. Source: Lottie Care Index, Q3 2026. Work out a weekly cost · What would we pay?

What families ask about 24-hour care in Fetcham

Which agencies provide 24-hour care in Fetcham?

The CQC register does not show who offers 24-hour care. There are 86 registered agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Fetcham, 60 of them rated Good or Outstanding, so ask each one.

How much does 24-hour care cost in Fetcham?

Typical 2026 prices across England: live-in care typically costs around £1,540–£1,610 a week. Covering every hour with separate day and night carers costs much more, because each hour is paid.

Is 24-hour care the same as live-in care?

Not quite. A live-in carer is there day and night but needs a daily break and a full night's sleep. If help is needed through the night most nights, true 24-hour care means adding waking nights or a second carer.

Can the council pay for 24-hour care at home?

It can, if Surrey council's care needs assessment finds eligible needs by day and night and care at home is a suitable way to meet them. A financial assessment follows; for care at home the home is not counted. NHS Continuing Healthcare pays in full when the main need is a health need.

What CQC ratings do agencies covering Fetcham have?

CQC rates 60 of 63 as Good or Outstanding, or 95%. Recent evidence: 24 rated or inspected in two years. Dementia specialists: 74.

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Provider details from the Care Quality Commission register, updated Oct 2026. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel is not a care provider.

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