For local newsrooms and bloggers
Care home figures
for your story.
Pick a council area and a chart. You get a clean chart for your page, a sentence you can quote, the sample size, the date and the source line.
- Care home fees by type of care, against the region and England
- Where the area’s fees rank among council areas
- CQC ratings of the area’s care homes
- Care home beds for every 1,000 people aged 75 and over
Free to embed and quote. No sign-up.
Pick an area and a chart. Then copy the code.
The words in the chart are the finding. Copy them for your copy, and the embed code for your page.
1. Choose the area and the chart
What the chart says
Checking the figures…
2. Match your website
3. Copy the code
Fits the content automatically. Paste the whole snippet into a Custom HTML or code block.
Please keep the source links included. Step-by-step instructions ↓
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Care home fees: KentThis is the real widget, working. Try it before you copy it.
Crediting the figures
In print or on air, please credit:
Source: The Care Home Directory
For the ratings and beds charts, name the CQC too (and the ONS for population), as the chart does. Online, the embed carries the credit and a link, so there is nothing more to add.
Working on a story?
If you need the figures behind a chart, a different area, or want to check how a number was made, email us. Tell us your deadline.
Copied? Here’s where to put it.
Open your website editor → add a Custom HTML or Embed block → paste the code → publish.
If someone manages your website, send them the code. They’ll know what to do.
A few useful details
Can I quote the figures and use the chart in print?
Yes. Quote the figures and embed or reproduce the chart in print or online, with the credit “Source: The Care Home Directory” (and the CQC or ONS as the chart names them). Online, the embed carries the credit and a link for you.
Where do the fee figures come from?
From the fees care homes publish on their websites or send to us, one current fee per home and type of care. Typical means the median. Most homes do not publish their fees, so each chart says how many fees it rests on. A bar needs at least 5 fees; the ranking includes council areas with at least 5.
Are these the fees councils pay?
No. They are the fees homes publish, which are mostly what people paying for themselves are charged. Councils often pay less for the places they fund, so a story about council rates needs the council’s own figures.
Where do the ratings and bed counts come from?
Both come from the Care Quality Commission’s register of care homes in England, refreshed monthly. Ratings are each home’s current overall rating. Beds are the registered places of homes registered to care for older people, divided by ONS mid-year estimates of residents aged 75 and over.
Why does my area show the region instead?
When too few homes in a council area publish fees, a local median would mislead, so the chart says so and shows the region and England. Ratings and beds are available for every council area with care homes.
Does it cover Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland?
Not yet. The figures come from the CQC, which inspects care in England. A postcode outside England shows a short note naming the right inspector.
Will the chart change after my story is published?
Yes. The embed always shows the latest figures and says when they were checked. If your story quotes a figure, copy the text with its date from the builder so the words and the date stay together.
Who is behind this?
The Care Home Directory is a directory of care homes in England, run by PrimeCarers, an introductory care agency. The charts do not mention or promote PrimeCarers’ services.
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