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Rated Outstanding

616 services in England are currently rated Outstanding: inspectors found the service performing exceptionally well.

Only a small minority of services reach Outstanding. Inspectors have to find something exceptional, usually in how people are cared for and how the service responds to them.

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616 services

13 Greenway Park

Chippenham, SN15
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

195 Ashby Road

Burton-on-Trent, DE15
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 4 years agocare home

4 Pages Orchard

Reading, RG4
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

5 Horse Leaze

London, E6
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

Abbey House

Grimsby, DN32
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Abbeymead Lodge

Gloucester, GL4
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Abbey View

Sherborne, DT9
Outstanding
Nursing
Rated 2 years agocare home

Addington Road

Wellingborough, NN9
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Alsley Lodge

Ormskirk, L40
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 9 months agocare home

Ammersall Court

Doncaster, DN5
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

An Caladh House

Lincoln, LN4
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Appleby House

Epsom, KT19
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Argyll House

Swindon, SN2
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

Ariya House

Barnsley, S70
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home
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What Outstanding means for your family

Fewer than one in twenty services reach Outstanding, and inspectors have to be able to say what is exceptional about it, not just that nothing was wrong. Most Outstanding ratings are earned on the Caring and Responsive questions: how people are treated, and how the service adapts to them.

Outstanding ratings can be old. The CQC does not re-inspect well-rated services on a fixed cycle, so check the date on each page and whether the manager named in the report is still there.

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