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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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1,315 services in North West

Blackrod House

Bolton, BL6
Good
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Boscobel

Southport, PR9
Good
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Brabyns House

Stockport, SK6
Good
Residential
Rated 4 years agocare home

Bradbury House

Seascale, CA20
Good
Residential
Rated 2 months agocare home

Brampton Lodge

Warrington, WA4
Good
NursingDementia
Rated 14 months agoReport explained

Briarfield

Workington, CA14
Good
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

Bridge House

Grange Over Sands, LA11
Good
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Brierfields

Manchester, M35
Good
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 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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