Care Homes: Closures
(asked on 3rd September 2018) - 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 homes and (b) residential care homes have closed in each year since 2015.
Data published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) can be used to calculate the net change in the number of nursing and residential homes. The data are summarised in the following tables.
Residential homes | ||||
| Start of year | End of year | Net change during the year | % net change during the year |
2015 | 12,472 | 12,191 | -281 | -2.3% |
2016 | 12,191 | 11,968 | -223 | -1.8% |
2017 | 11,968 | 11,615 | -353 | -2.9% |
Nursing homes | ||||
| Start of year | End of year | Net change during the year | % net change during the year |
2015 | 4,716 | 4,648 | -68 | -1.4% |
2016 | 4,648 | 4,513 | -135 | -2.9% |
2017 | 4,513 | 4,489 | -24 | -0.5% |
Notes: We have classified homes that are registered for both residential and nursing care as nursing homes.
Data published by the CQC can be used to calculate the net change in the number of nursing and residential beds. The data are summarised in the following tables.
Residential beds | ||||
| Start of year | End of year | Net change during the year | % net change during the year |
2015 | 240,767 | 237,769 | -2,998 | -1.2% |
2016 | 237,769 | 239,118 | 1,349 | 0.6% |
2017 | 239,118 | 237,229 | -1,889 | -0.8% |
Nursing beds | ||||
| Start of year | End of year | Net change during the year | % net change during the year |
2015 | 224,665 | 224,024 | -641 | -0.3% |
2016 | 224,024 | 221,205 | -2,819 | -1.3% |
2017 | 221,205 | 222,416 | 1,211 | 0.5% |
Notes: We have classified homes that are registered for both residential and nursing care as nursing homes. The CQC data do not show the split of nursing and residential beds in such homes.