Care Homes
(asked on 8th March 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many registered (1) residential care homes, and (2) nursing homes, there are in England; and what are the numbers of residents in each category.
This question was answered on 19th March 2024
The following table shows the number of care homes with and without nursing, and the number of beds for both categories, taken from the Care Quality Commission’s registration data from March 2024:
| Number of care homes in England | Number of beds in England |
Care homes without nursing | 10,473 | 234,198 |
Care homes with nursing | 4,250 | 221,766 |
Total | 14,723 | 455,964 |
The published data does not break down the number of residents in each category.