Live-in care in Pewsey, Wiltshire and Swindon

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Our live-in care in Pewsey

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 Pewsey

Day and Nightcare provides fully managed live-in care in Pewsey 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 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 Pewsey

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 Pewsey

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 Pewsey

A&E: the nearest are at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon and Salisbury District Hospital, both open 24 hours.
Urgent treatment: at the Great Western, walk-in patients enter through the Urgent Treatment Centre at the west entrance, open 7am to 10pm, where a clinical navigator directs them; outside those hours, use the out-of-hours entrance beside it. The nearest minor injury unit is at Chippenham Community Hospital, open every day, 8am to 8pm (last entry 7.30pm). It is not an A&E.

The Great Western aims to discharge people by midday, via its Discharge Lounge, and asks families to arrange transport, clothes, heating, food and keys. At Salisbury District Hospital, the Discharge Lounge on Breamore Ward is open Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm.

Some people need more time before going home. Savernake Community Hospital, on London Road just outside Marlborough, has NHS general medical inpatient beds, run by HCRG Care Group. 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 Pewsey

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

Useful contacts in Pewsey

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Council and care assessments

Adult social care in Pewsey 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 Pewsey 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 Pewsey

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.

Great Western Hospital, Swindon: Marlborough Road, Swindon SN3 6BB. A&E open 24 hours; walk-ins enter through the Urgent Treatment Centre at the west entrance (7am to 10pm) or, outside those hours, the out-of-hours entrance beside it (leaving hospital information)
Salisbury District Hospital: Odstock Road, Salisbury SP2 8BJ. A&E open 24 hours, all ages; Discharge Lounge on Breamore Ward, Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm (leaving hospital information)
Savernake Community Hospital, Marlborough: London Road, just outside Marlborough: NHS general medical inpatient beds and outpatient clinics, run by HCRG Care Group; visits by appointment. Not an A&E

Local support and charities

Carers Together Wiltshire (Carer Café at the Wesley Hall, first Tuesday, 10.30am to noon): Carers' support (01380 710300)
Beyond Dementia: Pewsey Art Group (Wednesdays, Bouverie Hall): Dementia support (01225 776481)
Mugs & Memories memory café (first Wednesday, Pewsey Heritage Centre): Dementia support (07802 444022)
Positive Community Action (friendship café, telephone befriending, community meals): Befriending (01672 487022)
Pewsey & District Link Scheme (volunteer car scheme): Community transport (07899 484561)
Wiltshire Connect on-demand bus (Devizes & Pewsey Vale): Community transport (01225 712900)
Prospect Hospice: Hospice (01793 816124)
Age UK Wiltshire: Age UK (0808 196 24 24)

Council tax

Council tax in Pewsey, 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 Pewsey

Burbage
Easton Royal
Milton Lilbourne
Wootton Rivers
Oare
Wilcot
Manningford
Woodborough
Alton Barnes
Huish
North Newnton
Upavon

Your questions

Questions about live-in care in Pewsey

Who do I call in Pewsey 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.

Which hospital will someone from Pewsey go to?

Pewsey has no hospital of its own. The nearest A&Es are at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon and Salisbury District Hospital, both open 24 hours. At the Great Western, walk-in patients enter through the Urgent Treatment Centre at the west entrance, open 7am to 10pm, or the out-of-hours entrance beside it. After a hospital stay, some people recover at Savernake Community Hospital near Marlborough. If you are unsure where to go, call 111; in an emergency, call 999.

How can an older person in and around Pewsey get about without a car?

Call the Pewsey & District Link Scheme on 07899 484561. Its volunteer drivers use their own cars to take people from Pewsey and villages including Burbage, Easton Royal, Milton Lilbourne, Oare, Wilcot and Woodborough to appointments, for a donation. Wiltshire Connect is a bookable bus for the Devizes and Pewsey Vale area, running weekdays 6am to 8pm and Saturdays 8am to 7.30pm (helpline 01225 712900, weekdays 9am to 5pm). Kennet Community Transport (07581 743132) runs a wheelchair-accessible minibus for older and disabled people.

How much does live-in care cost in Pewsey?

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

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 Pewsey 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 Great Western Hospital, Swindon?

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.

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

Live-in care in Pewsey