UK CQC Care Providers — care homes, GPs, dentists & homecare

Get the official register of care providers in England from the Care Quality Commission: care homes, nursing homes, homecare agencies, GP surgeries, dentists, hospitals, clinics and supported living, about 57,000 locations. Search by name, provider, postcode, council, region, service type, specialism or last-check date and get tidy, spreadsheet-ready rows with address, phone, website and the CQC page.

The data is the CQC's own public care directory, published under the Open Government Licence. The actor finds the latest dated file on cqc.org.uk every run, so it is always current. No key is needed for the directory data. Optionally, add your own free CQC API key to enrich each row with the overall rating, key-question ratings, last inspection date and registered beds.

Pay only for the results you get. Suggested price: $2.00 per 1,000 locations, or $4.00 per 1,000 for rows enriched with CQC API ratings (the owner sets the final price).

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What you can do with it

• B2B lead lists: every homecare agency in Yorkshire, every dental practice in a postcode area, every residential home that cares for people with dementia, with phone and website.
• Suppliers to care: pharmacies, staffing agencies, software, food and equipment firms targeting care homes in their delivery area.
• Market sizing and mapping: count providers by council, region and service type.
• Due diligence and recruitment: find all locations run by one provider group.
• Monitoring: schedule weekly and compare directory snapshots.

Input

Field	What it does
Location or brand name contains	Matches the location name or its "also known as" name.
Provider name contains	The registered company, e.g. Bupa or HC-One.
Postcode areas / districts	LS (area), LS6 (district), LS6 3 (sector) or a full postcode. LS1 never returns LS10.
Local authorities	Council names as CQC lists them (Leeds, Kent).
Regions	The nine English regions plus Wales.
Service types contain	Residential homes, Nursing homes, Homecare agencies, Dentist, Doctors/GPs, Hospital, Supported living... Matches if the location offers any.
Specialisms contain	Dementia, Learning disabilities, Mental health conditions...
Last checked on or after	A date or 2 years. Never-checked locations are dropped.
Only with phone / website	Lead-list helpers.
CQC API subscription key (optional)	Free key from the CQC API portal; adds ratings (see below).
Maximum results	A hard cap. You are never charged for more than this.

Example input

Homecare agencies in Leeds that have a phone number:

{
  "localAuthorities": ["Leeds"],
  "serviceTypes": ["Homecare agencies"],
  "requirePhone": true,
  "maxItems": 500
}

Output

{
  "locationId": "1-10553191017",
  "providerId": "1-101671690",
  "name": "Helping Hands Mansfield",
  "providerName": "Midshires Care Limited",
  "serviceTypes": ["Homecare agencies"],
  "specialisms": ["Dementia", "Physical disabilities"],
  "fullAddress": "Room 107, Level 1, East Wing, Mansfield Business Centre, Ashfield Avenue, Mansfield, NG18 2AE",
  "localAuthority": "Nottinghamshire",
  "region": "East Midlands",
  "phone": "07436315363",
  "latestCheckDate": "2022-05-19",
  "cqcUrl": "https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-10553191017",
  "directoryDate": "04 November 2026",
  "enriched": false
}

Phone numbers have their leading zero restored (the CQC file drops it).

Ratings with your own CQC API key (optional)

The CQC's public API (api.service.cqc.org.uk) requires a free subscription key. Register on the CQC API portal, paste the key into CQC API subscription key, and each row gains overallRating (Outstanding / Good / Requires improvement / Inadequate), ratingDate, keyQuestionRatings, lastInspectionDate, numberOfBeds, registrationDate and registrationStatus. These rows are charged as enriched rows. The key is sent only to the CQC, never written to the dataset or the run summary. A location the API does not know is returned as a normal row.

Note: the rating enrichment follows the CQC's published API reference and has not yet been verified against a live key by the author; the directory path is fully verified.

Pricing (pay per event)

Event	Suggested price
CQC location returned	$0.002 ($2.00 per 1,000)
CQC location with API rating	$0.004 ($4.00 per 1,000)
Actor start	Apify's minimum ($0.00005 per run)

You pay only for rows delivered. The Maximum results cap and your spending limit are respected exactly.

Good to know

• The directory covers active locations in England (and a handful in Wales) and is refreshed by the CQC about monthly. directoryDate tells you which file you got.
• "Date of latest check" is the CQC's own field; many locations have none.
• Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Care Quality Commission). This actor is independent and not endorsed by the CQC.

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