Live-in care in Cirencester

Call Gloucestershire County Council's Adult Social Care Helpdesk on 01452 426 868, Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm, or email socialcare.enq@gloucestershire.gov.uk. The county council, not Cotswold District Council, arranges adult social care. The helpdesk discusses your relative's needs and arranges an assessment if one is needed, and the assessment is free. In a serious social care emergency out of hours, call the Emergency Duty Team on 01452 614 194. Family carers can ask the Gloucestershire Carers Hub (0300 111 9000) for a free carer's assessment.

No. Cirencester Hospital on Tetbury Road has a Minor Injury and Illness Unit, usually open 8am to 8pm every day with last walk-in arrivals at 7.30pm. NHS 111 can book you an appointment there; you can still walk in, but may wait longer. X-ray opening times are limited, so call NHS 111 before going. Gloucestershire's A&E departments are at Cheltenham General, consultant-led from 8am to 8pm with a nurse-led service overnight, and Gloucestershire Royal in Gloucester, open 24 hours. In a life-threatening emergency, call 999.

Yes. The Churn Community Hub, a local charity, runs a Memory Cafe for people living with dementia and their loved ones from Cirencester and the surrounding villages, on the first and third Monday of each month, 2pm to 3.30pm, at Ashcroft Church on Ashcroft Road. It asks £1 towards refreshments, and carers can get support and information at the sessions (01285 380 035). For assessment, Managing Memory Together, the NHS memory service, accepts self-referrals on 0800 694 8800.

Community Connexions' 72C Cirencester Shopper collects registered passengers from home in villages including Siddington, Preston, Stratton, Baunton, Kemble, Coates, Daglingworth and South Cerney, for Tesco Extra and Waitrose, on Tuesday afternoons and Thursday and Friday mornings (£7 single, £14 return; 0345 680 5029). Cotswold Friends runs volunteer cars, including a wheelchair-accessible vehicle, for Cirencester and its villages (01608 651115). The Robin bookable bus also links the villages with the town (0345 263 8139).

Live-in care with Day and Nightcare costs from £1,550 a week in Cirencester, the same as everywhere in England, for one person with a carer who rests at night. That includes our care team's management (the assessment, care plan, reviews, supervision and the on-call manager) and the carer's food; break cover and the carer's travel are extra. For a couple it is from £1,800 a week, where one carer can safely meet both partners' needs. You receive a written quote after a free assessment.

Yes, if the person's care needs meet the national eligibility criteria and their savings are below £23,250 (2026/27). Adult social care in Cirencester is arranged by Gloucestershire County Council. Ask for a care needs assessment; if you are eligible, council funding can usually be taken as a direct payment and used for live-in care from us.

It can. Tell us the expected discharge date as early as you can, and we will work with you and the ward's discharge team on when live-in care can start. We can often start within 24 to 48 hours of the assessment, depending on carer availability, and we confirm the start date once a carer is arranged. We have provided Discharge to Assess (D2A) care since 2014.