Older People Care Homes - draft

Vacancy data sourced from the NECSU Capacity Tracker as at 30 June 2026 indicates that there is available capacity across Warwickshire's older people's care home market. Using admittable vacancies, which represent beds that are immediately available for placement, residential vacancy rates range from 8.0% to 11.7%, while nursing vacancy rates range from 5.8% to 11.0%.

For residential care, the highest vacancy rates are in Nuneaton & Bedworth (11.7%) and Warwick (11.5%), whilst Rugby (8.0%) and North Warwickshire (8.3%) have the lowest vacancy rates. For nursing care, the highest vacancy rates are seen in Stratford (11.0%), Warwick (10.7%), and Rugby (10.6%), while North Warwickshire (5.8%) and Nuneaton & Bedworth (6.8%) report lower levels of available capacity.

Overall, Warwickshire has 272 admittable residential vacancies (10.1%) and 242 admittable nursing vacancies (9.8%) for older people. This suggests that capacity remains available across both residential and nursing care markets, supporting choice and flexibility whilst maintaining market sustainability.

Note: Admittable vacancies represent beds that are immediately available for placement and exclude beds that are unavailable due to refurbishment, staffing constraints, infection control measures, or other operational reasons. This provides a more accurate indication of current market capacity.

Overall, the data suggests that there is capacity available across both residential and nursing care markets for older people. However, the variation between districts highlights the importance of ongoing monitoring of local supply and demand dynamics to ensure sufficient capacity is available in the right locations and for the right level of need.