Care Homes: Closures
(asked on 9th March 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many a) nursing and b) residential care home beds have been lost in England due to provider closures in the past five years.
Over the past five years, 399 nursing homes registered with the Care Quality Commission have deactivated their locations in England. The following table shows the number of beds impacted (please note, this data does not include any data for new beds):
Year | Beds |
2021 | 3,775 |
2022 | 4,135 |
2023 | 4,076 |
2024 | 3,463 |
2025 | 2,371 |
Total | 17,820 |
Over the past five years, 1,833 residential homes registered with the Care Quality Commission have deactivated their locations in England. The following table shows the number of beds impacted (please note, this data does not include any data for new beds):
Year | Beds |
2021 | 6,275 |
2022 | 6,244 |
2023 | 6,491 |
2024 | 4,916 |
2025 | 4,632 |
Total | 28,558 |
The following table shows the total number of beds that have been impacted due to nursing home and residential home deactivations in England, over the past five years (please note, this data does not include any data for new beds):
Year | Beds |
2021 | 10,050 |
2022 | 10,379 |
2023 | 10,567 |
2024 | 8,379 |
2025 | 7,003 |
Total | 46,378 |