# CQC Care Homes & Providers Search (Ratings, Beds, Contacts) (`onibaku/uk-cqc-care-ratings`) Actor

Every care home, home care agency, GP, dentist, hospital and clinic registered with the CQC in England, with latest ratings (overall plus the five key questions), beds, phone, website and provider. Filter by postcode radius, council, region, service type or rating.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/onibaku/uk-cqc-care-ratings.md
- **Developed by:** [Onibaku](https://apify.com/onibaku) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 location returneds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

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# README

## CQC Care Homes & Providers Search (Ratings, Beds, Contacts)

Search the **Care Quality Commission register of every care service in England (about 57,000 locations)**: care homes,
nursing homes, home care agencies, supported living, GP surgeries, dentists, hospitals, clinics and more. You get one
flat table with each location's **latest CQC rating**, the **five key question ratings** (safe, effective, caring,
responsive, well-led), **care home beds**, phone, website, provider, brand, specialisms, registration date and map
coordinates.

The actor always reads the newest care directory files CQC publishes, so you never get a stale copy, and you don't
need a CQC API key.

### What it's for

- **Care-sector suppliers:** lead lists of care homes by area, size, specialism or rating, for example nursing homes
  with 40+ beds in the North West that care for people with dementia. Commercial care home lists sell for around
  £2,500 a year.
- **Recruiters and staffing agencies:** every home care agency or care home near a postcode, with phone and website.
- **Investors and operators:** compare a group's homes by rating, find homes rated Requires improvement or Inadequate,
  or spot new registrations in an area.
- **Families, advisers and placement teams:** care homes near a postcode, nearest first, with their latest ratings.
- **Researchers and journalists:** ratings by region, council, provider or type of service.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| `nameContains` | Part of the location's name. |
| `locationIds` | Look up specific CQC location IDs, e.g. `1-10000302982`. |
| `postcode` + `radiusMiles` | Locations within this many miles (default 5) of a postcode or postcode district (`M20`), nearest first. |
| `localAuthorities` | Council names, e.g. `Manchester`, `Kent`, `Tower Hamlets`. |
| `regions` | The nine English regions. |
| `categories` | CQC's main category for the location: `Residential social care` (care homes), `Community based adult social care services` (home care, supported living), `GP Practices`, `Dentists`, `Acute hospital - NHS non-specialist` and so on. |
| `serviceTypes` | Any of CQC's registered service types: `Care home service with nursing`, `Care home service without nursing`, `Domiciliary care service` (home care), `Supported living service`, `Dental service`, `Doctors consultation service`... |
| `specialisms` | Who they care for: `Older People`, `Dementia`, `Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder`, `Mental Health`, `Physical Disability`, `Younger Adults`, `Children 0-18 years`... |
| `overallRatings` | Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate or Not rated. |
| `providerName` | Part of the provider or brand name, e.g. `Barchester`. |
| `minBeds` | Care homes with at least this many beds. |
| `ratedSince` | Latest overall rating published on or after this date. |
| `registeredSince` | Registered with CQC on or after this date, for new services. |
| `includeKeyQuestionRatings` | Safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led ratings. On by default; turn off for a quicker run. |
| `includeRegisteredManager` | Adds the registered manager's name. Off by default (see Good to know). |
| `maxResults` | Stop after this many (default 1,000). |

**Care homes in Manchester:**

```json
{
    "localAuthorities": ["Manchester"],
    "serviceTypes": ["Care home service with nursing", "Care home service without nursing"]
}
```

**Nursing homes with 40+ beds caring for people with dementia, rated Requires improvement or Inadequate, in the North
West:**

```json
{
    "regions": ["North West"],
    "serviceTypes": ["Care home service with nursing"],
    "specialisms": ["Dementia"],
    "minBeds": 40,
    "overallRatings": ["Requires improvement", "Inadequate"]
}
```

**Home care agencies within 3 miles of a postcode, nearest first:**

```json
{
    "postcode": "M20 2LR",
    "radiusMiles": 3,
    "serviceTypes": ["Domiciliary care service"]
}
```

### Output

```json
{
    "locationId": "1-10758997851",
    "name": "Lightbowne Hall",
    "providerId": "1-102642895",
    "providerName": "Anchor Hanover Group",
    "brand": "Anchor",
    "category": "Residential social care",
    "sector": "Social Care Org",
    "careHome": true,
    "serviceTypes": "Care home service without nursing",
    "specialisms": "Dementia; Older People; Younger Adults",
    "regulatedActivities": "Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care",
    "address": "262 Lightbowne Road, Moston",
    "town": "Manchester",
    "county": "Greater Manchester",
    "postcode": "M40 5HQ",
    "localAuthority": "Manchester",
    "region": "North West",
    "phone": "01616833170",
    "website": null,
    "beds": 52,
    "latitude": 53.511193,
    "longitude": -2.188509,
    "distanceMiles": null,
    "overallRating": "Good",
    "safe": "Good",
    "effective": "Good",
    "caring": "Good",
    "responsive": "Good",
    "wellLed": "Good",
    "ratingPublished": "2023-04-13",
    "ratingInherited": false,
    "serviceRatings": null,
    "registrationDate": "2021-05-06",
    "dormant": false,
    "dualRegistered": false,
    "odsCode": "VNJ9H",
    "providerCompanyNumber": "RS007843",
    "providerCharityNumber": null,
    "providerOwnershipType": "Organisation",
    "providerWebsite": "https://www.anchor.org.uk",
    "providerPhone": "01274757000",
    "cqcUrl": "https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-10758997851",
    "dataAsAt": "2026-10-01",
    "source": "Care Quality Commission care directory, Open Government Licence v3.0"
}
```

`distanceMiles` is filled in when you search by postcode. Lists such as `serviceTypes` and `specialisms` are joined
with `; ` so they fit in one spreadsheet cell.

### Pricing

**$0.003 per location returned, plus $0.005 per run.** 1,000 locations cost $3.005.

### Good to know

- **Not rated.** `overallRating` is empty (or "Not applicable") for services CQC hasn't rated, including new services
  and dentists, which CQC doesn't rate. Under CQC's newer assessment approach, locations offering more than one kind
  of service (often home care plus supported living, or a GP surgery plus out-of-hours) show "Not rated" as a whole; their ratings per service are in
  `serviceRatings`, e.g. `Homecare: Good; Supported Living: Requires improvement`. The "Not rated" filter covers all
  of these.
- **Key question ratings** come from CQC's separate ratings file and are the latest rating for each question, which
  may be from an older inspection than the overall rating.
- **Dual registrations.** Where two providers are both registered for the same care home, CQC lists it twice with
  different location IDs; `dualRegistered` is `true` on both. Count only one when you're adding up beds.
- **Registered managers** are named people, so their names are left out unless you turn on
  `includeRegisteredManager`. Personal data isn't covered by the Open Government Licence; you need your own lawful basis
  under UK GDPR to use it. No email addresses are published by CQC.
- **Websites** are as CQC holds them, with `https://` added where CQC left it off.
- **Update frequency.** CQC publishes the care directory files monthly; `dataAsAt` shows which one you got. CQC says
  its move to a new system is delaying some updates, such as cancelled registrations.
- **England only.** Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own regulators.
- A run takes about a minute, mostly downloading and reading CQC's files, however few results you ask for.

### Use it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor (MCP)

AI assistants can call this actor as a tool through Apify's MCP server. Add this server URL to your MCP client and
sign in with your Apify account when prompted:

```
https://mcp.apify.com?tools=onibaku/uk-cqc-care-ratings
```

### Data source and licence

The "Care directory with filters" and "Care directory with ratings" files from CQC's
[Using CQC data](https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/transparency/using-cqc-data) page. Contains CQC data © Care Quality
Commission, used under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/).
CQC asks anyone who reuses its data to say so on their site or service, for example "Ratings and care service
information from the Care Quality Commission".

### More UK public data actors from Onibaku

- [UK Planning Constraints Checker](https://apify.com/onibaku/uk-planning-constraints)
- [UK Food Hygiene Ratings (FSA) Search](https://apify.com/onibaku/uk-food-hygiene-ratings)
- [Charity Commission Register Search](https://apify.com/onibaku/uk-charity-register)
- [Ofsted Ratings & Report Cards](https://apify.com/onibaku/uk-ofsted-ratings)

Questions or feature requests? Open an issue on the actor's Issues tab or email admin@onibaku.co.uk.

# Actor input Schema

## `nameContains` (type: `string`):

Part of the care home, practice or service name. Case and punctuation are ignored.

## `locationIds` (type: `array`):

Look up specific locations, e.g. "1-10000302982" (the ID at the end of a cqc.org.uk/location/ link).

## `postcode` (type: `string`):

A full postcode ("M20 2LR") or postcode district ("M20"). Results are sorted nearest first.

## `radiusMiles` (type: `number`):

How far from the postcode to look.

## `localAuthorities` (type: `array`):

Council areas, e.g. "Manchester", "Kent", "Tower Hamlets".

## `regions` (type: `array`):

Only these English regions.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

CQC's main inspection category for the location. Care homes are "Residential social care"; home care agencies and supported living are "Community based adult social care services".

## `serviceTypes` (type: `array`):

Any of these registered service types. A location can have several.

## `specialisms` (type: `array`):

Any of these service user bands.

## `overallRatings` (type: `array`):

The latest overall rating. "Not rated" covers new services, dentists (CQC doesn't rate them) and locations CQC now rates service by service.

## `providerName` (type: `string`):

Part of the provider (the registered company or partnership) or brand name, e.g. "Barchester".

## `minBeds` (type: `integer`):

Only care homes with at least this many beds.

## `ratedSince` (type: `string`):

Date the latest overall rating was published (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `registeredSince` (type: `string`):

Date the location was registered with CQC (YYYY-MM-DD). Handy for finding new services.

## `includeKeyQuestionRatings` (type: `boolean`):

Safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, plus per-service ratings. Turn off for a quicker run (about 20 seconds less).

## `includeRegisteredManager` (type: `boolean`):

These are named people, so their use is covered by UK GDPR rather than the Open Government Licence. Only turn on if you have a lawful basis.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many locations.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "radiusMiles": 5,
  "localAuthorities": [
    "Manchester"
  ],
  "serviceTypes": [
    "Care home service with nursing",
    "Care home service without nursing"
  ],
  "includeKeyQuestionRatings": true,
  "includeRegisteredManager": false,
  "maxResults": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "localAuthorities": [
        "Manchester"
    ],
    "serviceTypes": [
        "Care home service with nursing",
        "Care home service without nursing"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("onibaku/uk-cqc-care-ratings").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "localAuthorities": ["Manchester"],
    "serviceTypes": [
        "Care home service with nursing",
        "Care home service without nursing",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("onibaku/uk-cqc-care-ratings").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "localAuthorities": [
    "Manchester"
  ],
  "serviceTypes": [
    "Care home service with nursing",
    "Care home service without nursing"
  ]
}' |
apify call onibaku/uk-cqc-care-ratings --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,onibaku/uk-cqc-care-ratings"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/iDN5JgYJdKJ5O2AHA/builds/JuC54oShTeD7zfQlb/openapi.json