{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "as_of": "2026-10-01",
  "source_url": "https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/transparency/using-cqc-data",
  "licence": "Contains Care Quality Commission information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.",
  "source_files": [
    {
      "file": "01_October_2026_HSCA_Active_Locations__HSCA_Active_Locations.csv",
      "sha256": "b190ab62b6a50ed717d6ff67081b767a30a09d9e52236a554fd3f348282bd83e"
    },
    {
      "file": "01_October_2026_Latest_ratings__Locations.csv",
      "sha256": "90aeafa70fe731b25a2b77b88be31d67b6b2ce9490b1cac51c674d14f05179d6"
    }
  ],
  "population": {
    "count": 29514,
    "description": "Active, non-dormant adult social care locations in England; secondary dual registrations excluded."
  },
  "rating_age": {
    "denominator": 22722,
    "description": "Services with a valid published rating date; age in days divided by 365.25, greater than zero and no more than 100 years. This includes dates attached to Not Rated or Insufficient evidence to rate entries.",
    "thresholds": [
      {
        "older_than_years": 1,
        "count": 19154
      },
      {
        "older_than_years": 2,
        "count": 17240
      },
      {
        "older_than_years": 3,
        "count": 15686
      },
      {
        "older_than_years": 4,
        "count": 11981
      }
    ]
  },
  "below_good": [
    {
      "question": "Safe",
      "count": 3846
    },
    {
      "question": "Effective",
      "count": 1788
    },
    {
      "question": "Caring",
      "count": 713
    },
    {
      "question": "Responsive",
      "count": 1282
    },
    {
      "question": "Well-led",
      "count": 4622
    }
  ],
  "below_good_method": "Location reports, Overall service/population group, first rating per location and domain, as in marktanalyse.py. Requires improvement plus Inadequate. Counts overlap across questions."
}