The following table shows the number of nursing homes registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) along with the number of nursing home beds, between 2015 and 2019. Active at Number of nursing homes Number of beds 30 September 2015 4,515 219,733 30 September 2016 4,446 218,972 30 September 2017 4,436 220,317 30 September 2018 4,440 222,216 30 September 2019 1 4,379 221,283 Source: CQC database as at 16 January 2020. Notes: 1The data is as at 16 January 2020. All other data is as at 1 April 2019. ‘Nursing homes’ are defined as locations with the service type of 'care home service with nursing'.