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Find out about residential and nursing care homes, paying for care homes and how to choose a care home.
NHS-funded nursing care rates provided to care homes for the nursing needs of their residents are rising in April.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a proposed new building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Act 1984 (as amended by the Building Safety Act 2022) and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions)...
Weekly number and percentage of care homes reporting a suspected or confirmed outbreak of COVID-19 to PHE by local authorities, regions and PHE centres.
Register with the Care Inspectorate to operate a residential care home in Scotland
What to do if you go into a care home and you get benefits
Principles to support decision making for those involved in safely planning and protecting visiting during outbreaks of infectious illness in adult social care.
Information on consumer rights for residents in care homes and their families or other representatives.
Guides councils in preparing planning policies on housing for older and disabled people.
Information for British people on medical support in Thailand including mental health, lists of hospitals and care homes and how the British embassy can help.
This analysis will provide an overview of the numbers and characteristics of care home residents and how they may have changed since over time.
Information for care home providers, managers and staff about giving out prescribed medicines and the requirements.
Get COVID-19 testing kits so you can test the residents and staff of a care home
Residential and nursing home data including availability of places, number of deaths, and demographics of people who receive end of life care.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulates all health and social care services in England. The commission ensures the quality and safety of care in hospitals, dentists, ambulances, and care homes, and the care given in people’s own homes. CQC is...
Explanation of terms used in Ofsted's official and national statistical releases.
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