Live-in care in Romsey

How we arrange live-in care in Romsey

Day and Nightcare provides fully managed live-in care in Romsey and the villages around it, 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 Romsey

Hampshire County Council’s Adults’ Health and Care, not Test Valley Borough Council, arranges adult social care in Romsey. 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), which also gives unpaid carers free information, support and help with an emergency plan.

Test Valley Borough Council collects council tax; its Romsey office at the Former Magistrates’ Court is on 01794 527700 (Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5pm, Friday to 4.30pm). Its pages explain a disregard for someone with a severe mental impairment, such as dementia, certified by a doctor and receiving a qualifying benefit; a carer disregard for someone caring for a disabled person on a qualifying benefit who is not their spouse, partner or child under 18; and a reduction of one band where a disabled resident needs a room, extra bathroom or kitchen, or wheelchair space. See our guide to council tax discounts for care.

Urgent care and leaving hospital in Romsey

• A&E: Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, open 24 hours.
• Urgent treatment centre: the Royal South Hants Hospital in Southampton, 7.30am to 10pm on weekdays and 8am to 10pm at weekends and bank holidays (last patient 9.30pm). Walk in, or book through NHS 111 to be seen sooner. It is not an A&E.
• Romsey Hospital, Winchester Hill (023 8231 0350), has two rehabilitation wards with 19 beds and no minor injuries unit.

At Southampton General, beds should be free by 11am on the day of discharge, and families arrange transport home. Many people then step down to Romsey Hospital, whose wards aim to help people home within two weeks, or to arrange the right next step if home is not possible. Ward visiting times vary, so call to check.

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 is on 0300 123 4448, option 4 for people with a Hampshire GP.

Local help in Romsey

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

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• Carers. Carers Together, 9 Love Lane, is open Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 2pm (01794 519495). Its Carers Active Listening Line, 08000 323456, is open 10am to 8pm on weekdays and 10am to 4pm at weekends and bank holidays.
• Memory worries. Dementia Support Hampshire & IOW gives free peer support, practical advice and outings to people with dementia and family carers (0344 324 6589, weekdays 9am to 5pm). See live-in dementia care.
• Hospice care. Mountbatten Hampshire’s Coordination Centre at West End serves Romsey and North Baddesley. Its services are free; ask the GP or another health or social care professional to refer. Once referred, patients can call its 24/7 advice line, 023 8254 8860.
• Company. Unity’s free telephone befriending service puts people in touch with a volunteer for a chat (03304 004 116).
• Getting about. Unity’s Connect minibuses take registered passengers into Romsey: Romsey town on Monday mornings, Braishfield on Monday afternoons, and villages such as Awbridge, Lockerley, Nursling, Rownhams and North Baddesley on other days. It is for people who find buses hard to use, live over 400 metres from a stop, or have no car or bus when needed (01264 356 808).
• Equipment. Free occupational therapy, which can include equipment, can be requested through the GP surgery or the county council; for care technology, the council recommends Argenti (01962 670721). The council does not issue walking aids, wheelchairs or pressure cushions: ask the GP surgery.

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.