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Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Tuesday, 20 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 January 2006. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Monday, 16 January 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Care Homes

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many recorded incidents of (a) theft, (b) physical abuse and (c) bullying in care homes for the elderly there were in each of the last eight years, broken down by county.
Answer

I understand from the Chair of the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) that the information requested is only available from April 2004, when CSCI took over the work of care homes inspection and regulation from the National Care Standards Commission.The information is not recorded on a county basis, but by CSCI region. The number of recorded incidents of theft, physical abuse and bullying in care homes for older people between April 2004 and December 2005 in the nine CSCI regions are shown in the table.

CSCI region Theft Physical abuse Emotional and psychological abuse
North East 41 67 19
East Midlands 26 25 8
South West 78 93 63
West Midlands 70 63 28
North West 92 114 49
London 54 28 32
South East 92 412 36
Eastern 30 90 41
Yorkshire and Humberside 53 87 32
Total 536 979 308
Note: A recorded incident of abuse does not mean that abuse actually took place. Upon investigation of a complaint, it might be found to be upheld, not upheld or unresolved.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
441 c1059-60W; 40521
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Bullying Care homes Abuse Older people Theft
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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