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CSI has been compiling and analysing data for the social care sector in England since 2009 and
the key outcomes from a majority of our work is that no two areas are the same - be they regions,
local authorities, cities or towns - in fact far from it.
Even though at the end of the day people looking for older age care will probably have similar needs across the country there are high supply levels, low supply levels, too many nursing beds, not enough nursing beds (same for
all types of bed) wherever you look.
So we were not surprised when we found the same variable characteristics as we drilled down into
the Welsh care home sector. In fact we found some variants that surprised even us as are detailed
within the report.
After searching the internet it appears the last report on care homes in Wales was in 2015 and
commissioned by the Public Policy Institute for Wales. Since then it has only been single graph
lines and bars in UK reports by the sectors’ major commentators.
In this report we provide a breakdown of the national, regional and local authority situation
using the official Mid-Year Population Estimates, Wales, June 2023 alongside the care home data
provided by the Care Inspectorate of Wales in September 2024.