Social Services
(asked on 8th February 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new Care Quality Commission registrations of (1) nursing homes, (2) residential care homes, and (3) domiciliary services, have taken place in each of the last three 12-month periods for which figures are available; and how many beds were involved in relation to categories (1) and (2).
The Care Quality Commission has provided the following information:
The total number of nursing homes, residential homes and domiciliary care service locations1 active as at 31 December 2014, 31 December 2015 and 31 December 2016 was as follows:
| Nursing Home | Residential Home | Domiciliary care service | ||
Date | Number of Locations | Number of Beds | Number of Locations | Number of Beds | Number of Locations |
31 December 2014 | 4,609 | 221,899 | 12,563 | 246,371 | 7,737 |
31 December 2015 | 4,550 | 220,412 | 12,280 | 242,885 | 8,036 |
31 December 2016 | 4,518 | 221,523 | 11,978 | 239,503 | 8,189 |
Note: Service types and bed numbers can change over time. Numbers presented here use the service types/bed numbers applicable in the database at 10 February 2017.
1 A location can have multiple service types and so some locations could be counted in both the care home (nursing or residential) and domiciliary care service columns.
Care homes with both the 'Care home services with nursing' and 'Care home services without nursing' service types have been categorised as a 'Nursing home'; those with only the 'Care home service without nursing' as 'Residential home.’
Number of nursing homes, residential homes and domiciliary care service locations2 that have been registered per year from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2016 and number of beds in the homes:
| Nursing home | Residential home | Domiciliary care service | ||
Year of Activation | Number of Locations | Number of beds | Number of Locations | Number of beds | Number of Locations |
2014 | 265 | 12,560 | 755 | 12,178 | 1,683 |
2015 | 248 | 12,991 | 655 | 13,870 | 1,893 |
2016 | 338 | 18,562 | 709 | 14,375 | 1,965 |
Total | 851 | 44,113 | 2,119 | 40,423 | 5,541 |
Note: A location that registered in the period, may have since been de-registered.
2A location can have multiple service types and so some locations could be counted in both the care home (nursing or residential) and domiciliary care service columns.
Care homes with both the 'Care home services with nursing' and 'Care home services without nursing' service types have been categorised as a 'Nursing home'; those with only the 'Care home service without nursing' as 'Residential home.’