ReviewThe lancet. Healthy longevity2024
Involuntary closures of for-profit care homes in England by the Care Quality Commission.
Review in The lancet. Healthy longevity, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Declining demands or constraining supply? Explaining the trend of care home entry in England 2001-2021.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2026Article
- Ensemble transfer learning for classifying physical examinations in GP consultation: a multi-model approach to human-object and human-to-human activity recognition.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2026Article
- Developing a model for evaluating and improving the quality of healthcare services.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Resident funding and care home quality: a retrospective observational analysis of the impact of the two-tier care system in England.Age and ageing · 2025Observational
- Exploring the Experiences of LTCF Staff in Implementing Visitation Policies in England During the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Does outsourcing enable the survival of good care homes? A longitudinal analysis of all care homes in England, 2011-2023.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- How outsourcing has contributed to England's social care crisis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2024Article
- A decade of outsourcing in health and social care in England: What was it meant to achieve?Social policy & administration · 2024Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Adult social care services in England are struggling, and sometimes failing, to supply the quality of care deserved by the most vulnerable people in society. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is responsible for protecting the recipients of this crucial public service. Their strongest enforcement is the ability to cancel the registration-the legal right to operate-of a health or social care provider. Using novel data from the CQC, we show that the proportion of care home closures due to CQC enforcements, relative to all closures, is increasing. Since 2011, 816 care homes (representing 19 918 registered beds) have been involuntarily closed by the CQC. Our results show that effectively all involuntary closures (804/816) occurred in for-profit care homes. This data emphasises the need for a comprehensive assessment of the impact of for-profit provision on the quality and sustainability of adult social care in England.
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