MPs on the Health and Social Care Committee endorsed Baroness Julia Neuberger as the government's choice to chair the Care Quality Commission on 23 September 2026. Using CQC data dated 4 August 2026, What Care Costs found 4,438 older people's care homes in England show a CQC rating more than five years old, 391 of them Requires Improvement or Inadequate. No recent finding shows whether those homes have improved or got worse.
The numbers behind this story.
Regulation and quality · Ratings
Share of rated care homes rated good or outstanding, by region · October 2026
Note: CQC's current overall rating, which for some homes is several years old.
Source: CQC register of care services, Baton calculation (opens in a new tab) Published 21 October 2026
Regulation and quality · Inspections
Share of care homes registered for more than five years that have not been inspected or assessed in the last five years, by region · October 2026
Note: Counted back five years from 13 October 2026. Homes registered in the last five years are left out, including homes that changed provider, because they cannot yet have gone five years without one. A home registered twice is counted once.
Source: CQC register of care services, Baton calculation (opens in a new tab) Published 21 October 2026
An analysis by the comparison website What Care Costs, reported by The Carer, found 4,438 older people's care homes in England display a CQC rating more than five years old, including 391 last rated Requires Improvement or Inadequate.
MPs on the Health and Social Care Committee have endorsed Baroness Julia Neuberger as the government's choice to chair the Care Quality Commission.
Source: Health and Social Care Committee (opens in a new tab)