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Care Homes: Inspections

Volume 481: debated on Tuesday 28 October 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nursing homes have been inspected in (a) South Tyneside, (b) Tyne and Wear and (c) England in each year since 2000. (229831)

We are informed by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) that the numbers of nursing homes inspected in South Tyneside and England in each year since 2003-04 are as shown in the table. CSCI does not collect data for Tyne and Wear, which is not a council with adult social services responsibility area.

Information for the period between 2000 and that shown in the table is not held centrally. CSCI only has inspection records from the time of the establishment of its predecessor, the National Care Standards Commission (NCSC), in 2002. During the first months of NCSC’s existence, there was a delay in registering some homes, so complete data for 2002-03 are not available.

Number of nursing homes subject to inspection by CSCI in South Tyneside and England per year

Year ending 31 March

South Tyneside

England

2004

12

4,141

2005

13

4,108

2006

12

4,123

2007

12

4,119

2008

12

4,153

Source:

CSCI registration and inspection database, static data cut 2 May 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nursing homes inspected by the Commission for Social Care Inspection in (a) South Tyneside, (b) Tyne and Wear and (c) England received a (i) 0 star rating (poor), (ii) 1 star rating (adequate), (iii) 2 star rating (good) and (iv) 3 star rating (excellent) in each year since 2000.[Official Report, 20 November 2008, Vol. 483, c. 5MC.] (229952)

We are informed by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) that it can only provide the information requested from May 2008, when the star rating system was launched.

The following tables show star ratings for nursing homes in South Tyneside and England. CSCI does not collect data for Tyne and Wear, which is not a council with adult social services responsibility area.

1. Star ratings of nursing homes in South Tyneside

Number of homes

8 May 2008

13 October 2008

0 stars (poor)

1

5

1 star (adequate)

4

4

2 stars (good)

6

2

3 stars (excellent)

1

2

Total

12

13

2. Star ratings of nursing homes in England

Number of homes

8 May 2008

13 October 2008

0 stars (poor)

181

131

1 star (adequate)

1,128

1,012

2 stars (good)

2,130

2,306

3 stars (excellent)

548

590

Not yet rated

125

144

Rating suspended

8

10

Total

4,120

4,193

Source:

CSCI Registration and Inspection database, 8 May 2008 and 13 October 2008 static cuts.