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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.

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10,625 services

Alderson House

Mablethorpe, LN12
Good
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

Alderwood

Gateshead, NE8
Good
NursingDementia
Rated 6 months agocare home

Alexander House

Chichester, PO20
Good
ResidentialDementia
Rated 8 years agocare home
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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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