Live-in care in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset

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Our live-in care in Burnham-on-Sea

Live-in care means one-to-one support in your own home: personal care, medication support, meals, help around the house, getting out and about, and someone close by at night. Whether it suits the person, and whether one carer can support a couple, is worked out at the free assessment. Read more in live-in care explained and how it works day to day.

How we arrange live-in care in Burnham-on-Sea

Day and Nightcare provides fully managed live-in care in Burnham-on-Sea, Highbridge and the villages around them, 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 Somerset 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 Burnham-on-Sea

Somerset Council runs adult social care in Burnham-on-Sea. To ask for a care needs assessment, call 0300 123 2224 (Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm), or use the council’s online Public Referral to Adult Social Care form, for yourself or someone else. The needs assessment is free, and anyone can ask for one. To speak to a social worker out of hours, call 0300 123 23 27. You can also talk to someone from Adult Social Care at a Talking Café.

Read more: arranging care and funding in Burnham-on-Sea

If the council may help to pay, a financial assessment follows. With more than £23,250 in savings your relative would usually pay in full, though the home is not counted for care at home. People paying their own way are asked to contact the council as soon as their savings drop to £30,000; if they ask the council to arrange care, it will normally charge an arrangement fee. See council funding for care.

A family carer can ask for a carer’s assessment on the same number. Free equipment appointments at the Independent Living Centre in Taunton are booked on the same number.

Somerset Council also collects council tax. Someone who is severely mentally impaired, and a carer living in the home, may not be counted, and there is a disabled band reduction for adapted homes. See council tax discounts for care.

Urgent care and leaving hospital in Burnham-on-Sea

Minor injuries: the minor injury unit at Burnham-on-Sea War Memorial Hospital, Love Lane (01278 773103), is open every day 10am to 6pm (last patient 5.30pm), with no X-ray. It is not an A&E and can close early, so check NHS 111 first.
Urgent treatment centre with X-ray: Bridgwater Community Hospital (01278 436 555), 8am to 9pm daily.
A&E: Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton, open 24 hours every day. Weston General Hospital is closer, but its emergency department is not open overnight.

Before your relative leaves hospital, ask the ward staff, who can arrange for someone from Adult Social Care to see them. The council’s Health Interface Service works with the Somerset Home First model: reablement at home or a short stay in a reablement unit. Home First is free for no longer than six weeks.

If needs are mainly health needs, ask about NHS Continuing Healthcare: NHS Somerset’s team is on 01935 38 5233, option 1 (option 4 for Fast Track). For NHS transport to appointments, the Patient Transport Advice Centre is on 01278 727444 (weekdays 8.30am to 6.30pm).

Local help in Burnham-on-Sea

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

What may change soon

Since 1 April 2026 the War Memorial Hospital’s ward has had 8 beds instead of 16 under a temporary ‘test and learn’ process; the trust says no decision has been made to close beds permanently. It is also working to make the minor injury unit more reliable after local concern about unscheduled closures.

Useful local contacts

Useful contacts in Burnham-on-Sea

The council, NHS teams, hospitals and local services you are most likely to need in Burnham-on-Sea, with links to their official pages. Open any heading for the details.

Council and care assessments

Adult social care in Burnham-on-Sea is arranged by Somerset Council. Anyone who appears to need care can ask for a free care needs assessment, whatever their savings. If the council funds care, you can usually take it as a direct payment and use it for live-in care from us.

Somerset Council: ask for a care needs assessment (telephone 0300 123 2224); carer's assessment.

NHS Continuing Healthcare

When someone's main need is a health need, the NHS pays for all of their care through NHS Continuing Healthcare, and it is not means-tested. For Burnham-on-Sea it is arranged by NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board (Continuing Healthcare information). See our NHS Continuing Healthcare guide.

Hospitals near Burnham-on-Sea

If someone is in hospital, tell us the expected discharge date as early as you can, and we will work with you and the discharge team on when live-in care can start.

Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton: Parkfield Drive, Taunton TA1 5DA; switchboard 01823 333444. A&E open 24 hours, every day (NHS website, last confirmed 9 July 2026). (leaving hospital information)
Weston General Hospital: Grange Road, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare BS23 4TQ; 01934 636363 (Bristol NHS Foundation Trust). The trust says its Emergency Department is open from 8am to 10pm every day (the NHS website lists 8pm closing for adults on some days); it is not open overnight, so call 999 or NHS 111 at night.
Burnham-on-Sea War Memorial Hospital: 6 Love Lane, TA8 1ED; general enquiries 01278 773100. Burnham-on-Sea Ward (doctor on site Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm); beds temporarily reduced from 16 to 8 from 1 April 2026 under a 'test and learn' process, with no decision to close beds permanently.
Burnham-on-Sea Minor Injury Unit: At the War Memorial Hospital; 01278 773103. Every day 10am to 6pm (last patient 5.30pm); walk in (you may be asked to come back at a set time); no X-ray; may close early. Not an A&E. The trust acknowledges local concern about unscheduled closures.
Bridgwater Urgent Treatment Centre: Bridgwater Community Hospital, Bower Lane, TA6 4GU; 01278 436 555. Every day 8am to 9pm (last patient 8pm); walk in, though a booked appointment may be offered; X-ray 8.30am to 5pm weekdays and 9am to 5pm weekends; may close early. Not an A&E.
St Margaret's Hospice Care: Hospice community team in Bridgwater; In-Patient Unit at the Taunton Hospice Hub. 24-hour Advice Line 01823 333822 or 01935 709480 for anyone with a life-limiting illness registered with a Somerset GP.
Weston Hospicecare: Describes its area as 'From Clevedon to Highbridge, Cheddar to Weston-super-Mare'; patients must live in or be registered with a GP in its area. 24-hour telephone advice 01934 423900.

Local support and charities

Somerset Carers Service: Carers' support (0800 31 68 600)
Dementia Assessment and Support Service (Sedgemoor): Dementia support (0300 124 5601 (option 1))
Dementia Support Somerset (Alzheimer's Society): Dementia support (01458 251541)
Slinky Digital, Sedgemoor: Community transport (01823 331266)
Mendip Community Transport: Community transport (01749 880613)
Thrive Village Agents: Community support (01823 331 222)
Age UK Somerset: Age UK (01823 345610)
Healthwatch Somerset: Healthwatch: your independent voice on health and care (0800 999 1286)

Council tax

Council tax in Burnham-on-Sea, including discounts for people with a severe mental impairment, for disabled people and for some carers, is handled by Somerset Council. See council tax discounts for care.

Villages around Burnham-on-Sea

Highbridge
Berrow
Brean
Brent Knoll
East Brent
Lympsham
West Huntspill
East Huntspill
Pawlett
Puriton
Woolavington
Burnham Without

Your questions

Questions about live-in care in Burnham-on-Sea

Who do I call in Burnham-on-Sea to ask for a care assessment?

Call Somerset Council on 0300 123 2224 (Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm) and ask for adult social care. To speak to a social worker out of hours, call 0300 123 23 27. You can also talk to someone from Adult Social Care at the Talking Cafés at Burnham-on-Sea Methodist Church (Tuesdays) or the Purplespoon Café (YMCA) in Highbridge (Thursdays), both 10am to noon. A family carer can ask for a carer's assessment on the same number.

Is there an A&E in Burnham-on-Sea?

No. The War Memorial Hospital on Love Lane has a minor injury unit, open every day 10am to 6pm (last patient 5.30pm), with no X-ray; it is not an A&E. The nearest A&E open 24 hours is at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton. Weston General's emergency department is closer but is not open overnight. In a life-threatening emergency, call 999; otherwise call NHS 111.

How much does live-in care cost in Burnham-on-Sea?

Live-in care with Day and Nightcare costs from £1,550 a week in Burnham-on-Sea, 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.

Can the council help pay for live-in care in Burnham-on-Sea?

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 Burnham-on-Sea is arranged by Somerset 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.

Can live-in care start when someone leaves Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton?

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.

Sources and further information

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Local information checked 31 October 2026. Links go to the official council, NHS and charity pages.

Live-in care in Burnham-on-Sea