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CQC rating

Rated Good

10,625 services in England are currently rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

Most services in England are rated Good. It means inspectors found the service safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led, with nothing that needed formal action.

1,095 services in East of England

Acorn Village

Manningtree, CO11
Good
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Agility Care

Chelmsford, CM1
Good
Residential
Rated 3 years agoReport explained

Albert House

Bedford, MK41
Good
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

Alex Wood House

Cambridge, CB4
Good
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Alice Grange

Ipswich, IP5
Good
NursingDementia
Rated 5 years agocare home

Allensmead

Grays, RM16
Good
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home
Reading a rating

What Good means for your family

Good is the rating most services hold and it is a genuinely good sign: inspectors found the service safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led, with nothing that needed formal action.

Two Good services can still be very different places. The report tells you what kind of Good this is: strong on kindness and activities, or strong on systems and records. Our explanation on each page picks out what inspectors singled out, and any smaller points they asked to be improved.

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