Council-run care homes

Inspection record: share of the operator's older people's homes in England rated Good or Outstanding by CQC: Strong. CQC's ratings file (as at 1 September 2026), joined to its care directory, lists 214 older people's care homes registered to providers whose name contains the word Council with an overall rating: 12 Outstanding, 172 Good, 29 Requires improvement and 1 Inadequate, which is 86.0 per cent Good or Outstanding, against 81 per cent across the 10,479 rated homes of this kind in England. 79 per cent of these ratings were published more than three years before the file date, and 17 of the homes carry a rating inherited from an earlier operator. source↗ 2026-09