Live-in care in Corsham, Wiltshire and Swindon

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Our live-in care in Corsham

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 Corsham

Day and Nightcare provides fully managed live-in care in Corsham, Box, Colerne 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 Wiltshire 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 Corsham

Wiltshire Council arranges adult social care and also collects council tax. Call its Advice and Contact team on 0300 456 0111 (Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5pm, Friday 8.30am to 4pm; out of hours 0300 456 0100), or refer online. You can refer yourself, or a family member or GP can refer you with your consent.

Read more: arranging care and funding in Corsham

The council may first offer equipment or reablement, short-term help at home for up to six weeks to relearn everyday tasks; its north and east Wiltshire reablement team is based at Monkton Park, Chippenham, and short-term care is free. If longer-term care is needed, a financial assessment follows: with more than £23,250 in savings your relative would usually pay the full cost, and the home is not counted when care is at home. See council funding for care and direct payments.

If you help a relative, ask Carers Together Wiltshire for a carer’s assessment on 01380 710300; it can be done at home or by phone.

Wiltshire Council’s council tax team is on 0300 456 0109. Discounts or exemptions can apply to:

carers who live with the person, give at least 35 hours of care a week and are not their partner, where the person gets a qualifying benefit such as Attendance Allowance
a severe mental impairment that appears permanent, with a doctor’s certificate and a qualifying benefit
disabled people, where the home has a room, a second bathroom or kitchen, or indoor wheelchair space they need (staff may visit)
long-term hospital patients

See council tax discounts for care.

Urgent care and leaving hospital in Corsham

Minor injuries: the nearest Minor Injury Unit is at Chippenham Community Hospital, Rowden Hill, open every day, 8am to 8pm (last entry 7.30pm), with no booking needed; X-ray is on weekdays, 8.30am to 4pm, only. It treats injuries, not illnesses, and cannot see babies under one. It is not an A&E.
A&E: the nearest is the Royal United Hospital (RUH) in Bath, a 24-hour walk-in Emergency Department at Combe Park.

The RUH starts planning discharge on admission and aims to get people home by 10am. Patients often wait in its nurse-staffed Discharge Lounge in Building E6, which has free parking spaces for whoever collects them. Hospital transport is arranged only in exceptional circumstances, where there is a clinical need, so plan the lift home early.

If more recovery time is needed, your relative may move to Chippenham Community Hospital, where Cedar Ward offers general rehabilitation and Mulberry Ward stroke and neurological rehabilitation. Back home, Wiltshire Council’s Wiltshire Support at Home service gives short-term care after a discharge; it takes referrals only from the locality hub, Home First, reablement and Rapid Response teams, so ask the ward.

If needs are mainly health needs, ask about NHS Continuing Healthcare. NHS BSW ICB lists email contacts only: bswicb.chcassessreview@nhs.net, or bswicb.chcdutyft@nhs.net for Fast Track.

Local help in Corsham

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

Useful contacts in Corsham

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

Council and care assessments

Adult social care in Corsham is arranged by Wiltshire 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.

Wiltshire Council: ask for a care needs assessment (telephone 0300 456 0111); 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 Corsham it is arranged by Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (NHS BSW ICB) (Continuing Healthcare information). See our NHS Continuing Healthcare guide.

Hospitals near Corsham

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.

Royal United Hospital, Bath: Combe Park, Bath BA1 3NG. Emergency Department (A&E) open 24 hours, seven days a week, walk-in (leaving hospital information)
Chippenham Minor Injury Unit: At Chippenham Community Hospital, Rowden Hill, SN15 2AJ: every day 8am to 8pm (last entry 7.30pm), walk in, no booking needed; X-ray 8.30am to 4pm on weekdays only. Injuries only, not illnesses; babies under one cannot be treated. Not an A&E
Chippenham Community Hospital: Rowden Hill, Chippenham: NHS inpatient rehabilitation on Cedar Ward (general) and Mulberry Ward (stroke and neurological), run by HCRG Care Group. Not an A&E

Local support and charities

Carers Together Wiltshire (Carer Café at the Methuen Arms, third Thursday, 10.30am to noon): Carers' support (01380 710300)
Beyond Dementia: Gastard Memory Café (third Tuesday, Gastard Village Hall): Dementia support (01225 776481)
Creative Lunch, Corsham (older people, people with dementia and carers, alternate Mondays): Day opportunities
Corsham Community Club (alternate Wednesdays with lunch, Springfield Community Campus): Community support
Age UK Wiltshire (Fitness and Friendship Club, St Aldhelm's Church Hall): Age UK (0808 196 2424)
Corsham Link Scheme (volunteer car scheme): Community transport (07884 887105)
Dorothy House Hospice Care: Hospice (0345 0130 555)

Council tax

Council tax in Corsham, including discounts for people with a severe mental impairment, for disabled people and for some carers, is handled by Wiltshire Council. See council tax discounts for care.

Villages around Corsham

Neston
Gastard
Box
Colerne
Rudloe
Lacock

Your questions

Questions about live-in care in Corsham

Who do I call in Corsham to ask for a care assessment?

Call Wiltshire Council's Advice and Contact team on 0300 456 0111 (Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5pm, Friday 8.30am to 4pm), or refer online through the council's Your care, your support Wiltshire website. In the evenings or at weekends, the number is 0300 456 0100. You can refer yourself, or a family member or your GP can refer you with your consent. The needs assessment is free, and anyone can ask for one. A family member who helps can ask Carers Together Wiltshire (01380 710300) for their own carer's assessment.

Where is the nearest A&E to Corsham?

The nearest A&E is the Emergency Department at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, a 24-hour, seven-day walk-in service at Combe Park. For injuries that are not life-threatening, the Minor Injury Unit at Chippenham Community Hospital on Rowden Hill is open every day from 8am to 8pm (last entry 7.30pm), with no booking needed and X-ray only from 8.30am to 4pm on weekdays; it is not an A&E. In a life-threatening emergency, call 999; for advice, call 111.

What dementia support is there in and around Corsham?

Gastard Memory Café, for anyone living with dementia, memory loss or cognitive decline and their family carers in Gastard, Corsham and nearby, meets at the Village Hall, Velley Hill, on the third Tuesday of the month, 2pm to 3.30pm (£5). Beyond Dementia's Memory Shed meets on Wednesday afternoons, 2pm to 4.30pm, at Pockeridge and Potley Community Centre (£5), with a break in cold winter weather. Creative Lunch, on alternate Mondays off Beechfield Road, welcomes people with dementia and their carers. Beyond Dementia: 01225 776481.

How can someone in Corsham get to appointments without a car?

Try the Corsham Link Scheme (07884 887105), which covers Corsham, Neston and Gastard, or the Box, Colerne and Rudloe Link Scheme (07970 617617). Volunteer drivers use their own cars and passengers are asked for a donation. Book as far ahead as you can; anyone eligible for NHS non-emergency patient transport to hospital should use that first. Chippenham & District Transport for the Disabled (07487 498568) runs wheelchair-accessible minibuses in Chippenham and Corsham for older and disabled people and community groups.

How much does live-in care cost in Corsham?

Live-in care with Day and Nightcare costs from £1,550 a week in Corsham, 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 Corsham?

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 Corsham is arranged by Wiltshire 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 Royal United Hospital, Bath?

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 Corsham