For a list of residential & nursing homes, visit the Care Quality Commission website (opens in a new window).
You can also find out more about Residential and Nursing homes on the Council website (opens in a new window).
A residential home is a home where a number of people live together who receive care and support 24 hrs a day from care staff.
A nursing home is a home where people live together who require nursing care because of illness or disability and receive care and support from trained nursing staff.
If you're looking for care services, you'll want to make sure you or a loved-one receive safe, compassionate and high-quality care. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have pulled together some information to help you.
Who are the CQC
The CQC are the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England.
They make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve.
The 5 key questions the CQC ask all care services they inspect.
Find out more about the CQC’s future strategy for health and social care on their website (opens in a new window).
For a list of residential & nursing homes, visit the Care Quality Commission website (opens in a new window).
You can also find out more about Residential and Nursing homes on the Council website (opens in a new window).