Kate Hollern – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Hollern on 2016-03-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nursing homes and (b) dual registered nursing homes there were in the North West of England in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
Ben Gummer
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. The CQC has provided the following information.
Number of active nursing homes1 in the North West region at end of 2012, 2013 and 2014 fiscal years
|
Date |
Care homes with nursing service type only |
Care homes with nursing service type and other service types |
Total care home service with nursing locations |
|
31 March 2013 |
566 |
79 |
645 |
|
31 March 2014 |
568 |
75 |
643 |
|
31 March 2015 |
570 |
77 |
647 |
1Nursing homes are defined as “care homes with nursing service type only”. Dual registered nursing homes are defined as “care homes with nursing service type and other service types”.
Source: CQC database as at 7 April 2015
Note: Service types can change over time. The numbers provided are based on the service type(s) of the location as at April 2015 or date the location de-activated if inactive as at April 2015.
Local authorities in the North West Region: Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Bolton, Bury, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Cumbria, Halton, Knowsley, Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Sefton, St. Helens, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Warrington, Wigan and Wirral.
