Statistics Release Vacancy Monitoring in Residential Care Homes and Nursing Homes, Scotland 2002
Bed Complement (1), Occupied Beds (2) and Occupancy Rate in Residential Care Homes for Older People and in Private Nursing Homes (3), 1994 to 2002 | Table 1 |
Sector | Year |
1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
Bed Complement |
Bed Complement |
Local Authority Residential Care Homes | 8,668 | 8,236 | 8,121 | 7,679 | 7,471 | 6,901 | 6,556 | 6,066 | 5,821 |
Private Residential Care Homes | 4,636 | 4,752 | 4,567 | 4,806 | 5,074 | 5,433 | 5,256 | 5,107 | 5,032 |
Voluntary Residential Care Homes | 4,305 | 4,337 | 4,255 | 4,269 | 4,010 | 4,220 | 4,252 | 3,977 | 3,998 |
Nursing Homes | 17,331 | 19,020 | 21,400 | 22,741 | 23,818 | 23,480 | 22,950 | 22,882 | 23,940 |
Total | 34,940 | 36,345 | 38343 | 39,495 | 40,373 | 40,034 | 39,014 | 38,032 | 38,791 |
| No. of Occupied Beds |
No of Occupied Beds |
Local Authority Residential Care Homes | 7,905 | 7,610 | 7,414 | 7,126 | 6,672 | 6,108 | 5,923 | 5,442 | 5,203 |
Private Residential Care Homes | 4,089 | 4,310 | 4,024 | 4,196 | 4,445 | 4,631 | 4,310 | 4,367 | 4,399 |
Voluntary Residential Care Homes | 3,896 | 3,847 | 3,923 | 3,808 | 3,549 | 3,707 | 3,719 | 3,544 | 3,557 |
Nursing Homes | 15,569 | 15,986 | 17,036 | 18,365 | 20,097 | 20,188 | 19,905 | 20,046 | 21,733 |
Total | 31,459 | 31,753 | 32,397 | 33,495 | 34,763 | 34,634 | 33,857 | 33,399 | 34,897 |
| Occupancy Rate |
Occupancy Rate |
Local Authority Residential Care Homes | 91.2 | 92.4 | 91.3 | 92.8 | 89.3 | 88.5 | 90.3 | 89.7 | 89.4 |
Private Residential Care Homes | 88.2 | 90.7 | 88.1 | 87.3 | 87.6 | 85.2 | 82.0 | 85.5 | 87.4 |
Voluntary Residential Care Homes | 90.5 | 88.7 | 92.2 | 89.2 | 88.5 | 87.8 | 87.5 | 89.1 | 89.0 |
Nursing Homes | 89.8 | 84.0 | 79.6 | 80.8 | 84.4 | 86.0 | 86.7 | 87.6 | 90.8 |
Sources: Community Care Statistics - R1 Return
NHSScotland, Information & Statistics Division - Form ISD(S)34
Residential Care Homes: Total known bed complement including homes for which no form was received
(1) Residential Care Homes: Figures have been grossed up by applying the occupancy rate for the received forms to the bed complement including homes for which no form was received
(2) Nursing Homes: The number of homes where returns have not been made are as follows (equivalent figures for earlier years is not available):- 1997 - 30, 1998 - 15, 1999 - 30, 2000 - 30, 2001 - 50, 2002 - 54 (of which 31 were estimated, for the first time using 2001 data)
Figure 1a: Occupancy Rate in Residential Care Homes for Older People and in Private Nursing Homes 1994 to 2002
Figure 1b: Bed Complement in Residential Care Homes for Older People and in Private Nursing Homes 1994 to 2002
Figure 1c: Number of Occupied Beds
