Live-in care in Gosport

How we arrange live-in care in Gosport

Day and Nightcare provides fully managed live-in care in Gosport and across the borough, from £1,550 a week. One main carer lives in the home; a relief carer covers their holidays and time off, and a manager is on call. Care starts with a free assessment, a written quote and a written care plan.

Care can be paid for privately, by Hampshire County Council (including direct payments) or by NHS Continuing Healthcare. We have provided Discharge to Assess (D2A) care since 2014. If someone is in hospital, tell us the expected discharge date (see care after hospital). Our care team is on 01865 715780.

Arranging care and funding in Gosport

Hampshire County Council’s Adults’ Health and Care, not Gosport Borough Council, arranges adult social care in Gosport. Call 0300 555 1386 (weekdays 8.30am to 5pm, Tuesdays from 9.30am, Fridays to 4.30pm; out of hours 0300 555 1373), or use the online referral form (weekdays 8am to 8pm, weekends 8.30am to 6.30pm), which the council recommends because phone waits can be long. The needs assessment is free, and anyone can ask for one. With more than £23,250 in savings your relative would usually pay the full cost of care, and the home is not counted when care is at home. Self-funders can ask the council to arrange care at home (if it agrees: £296 once, then £8.75 a week). Financial assessment queries: the council’s Financial Assessments and Benefits Team (01962 845600, if you cannot email). See council funding for care and direct payments.

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If you help a relative, you have a right to a carer’s assessment: the Princess Royal Trust for Carers carries them out for the county council through the Hampshire Carers Support Service (01264 311680; emergencies out of hours 0800 169 1577), which also gives unpaid carers free information, support and help with an emergency plan.

Gosport Borough Council collects council tax (023 9254 5470, weekdays 9am to 5pm). It does not count people who are severely mentally impaired, or people caring for someone with a disability who is not their spouse, partner or child under 18. Its Disabled Band Relief reduces the bill where a disabled resident needs a room, extra bathroom or kitchen, or extra space; the council may need to visit. See our guide to council tax discounts for care.

Urgent care and leaving hospital in Gosport

• Urgent treatment centre: Gosport War Memorial Hospital, Bury Road, 8am to 10pm, run by Portsmouth Hospitals. Most visits need no appointment; NHS 111 can book an arrival time. It is not an A&E.
• A&E: Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, open 24 hours.

Portsmouth Hospitals asks families to give ward staff, on admission, the details of services that will need rearranging before discharge, such as carers, to arrange transport home, and to ask for a copy of the discharge letter.

Closer to home, Gosport War Memorial Hospital’s Ark Royal and Collingwood wards care for frail adults and support patients and families with discharge decisions. Poppy Ward welcomes family carers of people with dementia outside normal visiting times, under John’s Campaign. Age Concern Hampshire’s Hospital to Home service works with patients on the wards to support a safe discharge, and makes follow-up calls once they are home (01962 868545). The discharge team may also ask the county council’s hospital social work team to assess your relative. The council’s short-term services after hospital include reablement (free for up to six weeks) and the Rapid Support Service (free for up to 28 days).

For NHS Continuing Healthcare, NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight’s All Age Continuing Care team for patients of Hampshire GPs is on 0300 123 4448, option 4.

Local help in Gosport

Carers' services, dementia support, transport, befriending and other local help, with phone numbers.

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• Company and advocacy. Gosport Community Support offers visiting befrienders, advocacy, social groups and help getting out and about, for Gosport Borough residents only. Call 07733 826901 or use its referral form.
• Memory worries. The NHS community older people’s mental health team for Gosport and Fareham is on 02382 311820. Dementia Support Hampshire & IOW gives free peer support and practical help to families (0344 324 6589, weekdays 9am to 5pm). See live-in dementia care.
• Help in the home. Age Concern Hampshire’s Help at Home covers the Fareham and Gosport area, including Lee-on-the-Solent, from £14.50 an hour plus a £25 monthly service fee (01962 868545).
• Getting about. Connect Fareham and Gosport runs door-to-door minibuses for people who cannot use ordinary buses, 9.15am to 2.45pm on weekdays, for £6.20 return; helpers ride free. Membership is free but needs an application form; book on 0333 015 1271.
• Older people’s forum. The Gosport Older Persons Forum is free to join for borough residents over 55 and shares information for older people and carers.
• Hospice care. The Rowans Hospice serves Portsmouth and South East Hampshire. Its care is free, and its Hospice at Home runs 24 hours a day on referral by a health or social care professional (023 9225 0001).

What may change soon

Hampshire’s council reorganisation is undecided: the Government withdrew its earlier decision in September 2026 and expects an outcome by early 2027. Until then, the councils named here stay responsible.