Scotland has closed 328 adult care homes since 2011. That number is quoted often. What is quoted less is that registered places fell by only 2,881 over the same period — fewer than nine beds per closure.
This piece draws on the PHS Care Home Census, Care Inspectorate grading data, SSSC workforce statistics and NRS projections, and sets out what we think follows for providers, commissioners and policy.

























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