Compare mapped CQC-listed public healthcare locations across every current English council area, separated into meaningful service groups.
296 councilsAll current English council areas
210 locationsMapped for this service selection
Per 10,000 residentsUsing 2025 population estimates
This measures registered locations, not actual service capacity. It does not show appointment availability, staffing, waiting times, travel time, patient eligibility or quality. A zero means no mapped public CQC location in this particular group.
City of London needs special care. Its small resident population and large daily worker population can produce unusually high resident-based rates.
Highest location rate: Hospice locations
Highest location rate
Rank
Council area
Rate/10,000
Locations
Population
Checked within 5 years
1
Hastings
0.22
2
90,855
0
2
Cotswold
0.22
2
91,563
2
3
North Devon
0.20
2
101,281
2
4
Worcester
0.19
2
106,954
1
5
Melton
0.18
1
54,694
1
6
Worthing
0.18
2
113,844
1
7
Winchester
0.15
2
136,856
2
8
Ipswich
0.14
2
139,457
1
9
Stafford
0.14
2
142,903
1
10
Nuneaton and Bedworth
0.14
2
144,042
2
11
Rossendale
0.14
1
73,688
0
12
Stratford-on-Avon
0.13
2
148,772
1
13
South Norfolk
0.13
2
150,396
0
14
Guildford
0.13
2
152,148
2
15
Windsor and Maidenhead
0.13
2
159,776
2
16
Mid Devon
0.12
1
85,593
1
17
South Cambridgeshire
0.12
2
174,641
0
18
Forest of Dean
0.11
1
90,157
1
19
Castle Point
0.11
1
90,613
0
20
High Peak
0.11
1
91,676
0
Lowest location rate: Hospice locations
Lowest location rate
Rank
Council area
Rate/10,000
Locations
Population
Checked within 5 years
1
Adur
0.00
0
64,802
0
2
Amber Valley
0.00
0
131,894
0
3
Ashfield
0.00
0
130,581
0
4
Babergh
0.00
0
97,833
0
5
Barking and Dagenham
0.00
0
238,295
0
6
Bath and North East Somerset
0.00
0
200,898
0
7
Bedford
0.00
0
196,398
0
8
Bexley
0.00
0
257,103
0
9
Blaby
0.00
0
108,423
0
10
Bolsover
0.00
0
84,397
0
11
Boston
0.00
0
72,092
0
12
Bracknell Forest
0.00
0
132,145
0
13
Braintree
0.00
0
166,471
0
14
Breckland
0.00
0
148,095
0
15
Brentwood
0.00
0
80,104
0
16
Broadland
0.00
0
139,652
0
17
Broxbourne
0.00
0
103,130
0
18
Broxtowe
0.00
0
113,963
0
19
Burnley
0.00
0
100,946
0
20
Cambridge
0.00
0
149,872
0
Methodology and limitations
Ranking measure
Current public-search CQC locations mapped by postcode to current council geography, divided by the council's 2025 resident population.
Service groups
Each location is counted under its primary service group. The all-healthcare measure includes all groups available through the public location search.
Latest check date
Check-date coverage is shown for context only. A check date is not a rating and is never used as a quality score.
Geographic scope
CQC regulates England. Welsh healthcare services are not included and would require a separate Healthcare Inspectorate Wales dataset.
Sources: Care Quality Commission care directory; Office for National Statistics population estimates via Nomis; ONS Postcode Directory. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.