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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.

All servicesCare homesHome care agenciesOutstandingRequires improvementInadequate
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597 services in North East

Lambton House

Houghton-le-Spring, DH4
Good
ResidentialDementia
Rated 4 years agocare home

Lansbury Court

Sunderland, SR5
Good
NursingDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Lavender Court

Middlesbrough, TS4
Good
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Lawreth

Seaham, SR7
Good
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Leybourne

Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12
Good
Residential
Rated 4 years agocare home

Lindisfarne House

Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15
Good
NursingDementia
Rated 4 years agocare home

Lorne House

Stockton-on-Tees, TS18
Good
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Low Lane House

Middlesbrough, TS5
Good
Residential
Rated 3 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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