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Aggregates only. Built from CQC's HSCA active locations file and latest ratings file, both dated 1 October 2026, with the standard library scripts in this site's generator.

Licence. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information from the Care Quality Commission. CQC's data is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0 and CQC asks users to acknowledge it, which this page and every data page does. Our aggregates are offered under the same licence: reuse them with a link to https://careupkeep.co.uk.

How the subset was made

  1. Open the HSCA active locations spreadsheet (sheet "HSCA_Active_Locations").
  2. Keep rows where "Dormant (Y/N)" is not Y and either "Service type - Domiciliary care service" or "Service type - Supported living service" is Y.
  3. Count providers by distinct Provider ID, locations by row.
  4. Ratings pages use "Location Latest Overall Rating"; key question pages use the latest ratings file, Locations sheet, rows where the primary inspection category is "Community based adult social care services", report type is "Location", and "Care Home?" is N.

regions.csv

One row per region

Column or keyMeaning
regionCQC region of the location address
providersDistinct provider IDs with at least one home care or supported living location in the region
locationsActive locations
rated_locationsLocations with an overall rating of Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate
outstanding, good, requires_improvement, inadequateCounts by overall rating

local-authorities.csv

One row per local authority

Column or keyMeaning
local_authorityLocal authority CQC records for the location address
locationsActive home care or supported living locations

registrations-by-month.csv

One row per month from January 2019

Column or keyMeaning
monthYYYY-MM
new_locationsLocations whose HSCA start date falls in the month and which are still active
new_providersProviders whose provider HSCA start date falls in the month and which still have an active home care or supported living location

cqc-stats.json

Everything on the data pages

Column or keyMeaning
providers, locationsTotals
regionsPer-region counts and rating breakdown
ratings, rating_by_age, rating_yearOverall ratings
locations_by_month, providers_by_month, *_by_yearRegistrations
ownership, provider_size, bands, service_typesProvider profile

ratings-stats.json

Key question ratings

Column or keyMeaning
by_domainCounts per rating for Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive, Well-led and Overall, community adult social care locations
overall_by_group, overall_by_regionOverall rating by service group and region
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