Care Homes
(asked on 20th February 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of (1) nursing home beds, and (2) residential care home beds, available in (a) 2005, (b) 2010, and (c) 2015.
The information requested is contained in the following table.
Date | Nursing Home Beds | Residential Home Beds | Non-medical care homes | Total beds |
31 March 2005 | 179,246 | 271,788 | 254 | 451,288 |
31 March 2010 | 202,654 | 256,616 | 178 | 459,448 |
1 April 2015 | 224,754 | 239,307 | NA | 464,061 |
Source: The 2010 and 2015 figures were produced by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and the 2005 figures were produced by one of the CQC’s predecessors, the Commission for Social Care Inspection.