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CQC rating

Rated Outstanding

617 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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617 services

Lighthouse

Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

Lime Street

Evesham, WR11
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Lime Tree House

Sale, M33
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Linden House

Lymington, SO41
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 8 years agocare home

Links Lodge

Blackpool, FY1
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Longhope Manor

Longhope, GL17
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Longlast

Stockton-on-Tees, TS21
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

164 Walker Road

Walsall, WS3
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 2 months agocare home

Low Furlong

Shipston-on-Stour, CV36
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Lucerne House

Exeter, EX2
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Machlo

Gloucester, GL4
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

Manor House

Birmingham, B44
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 8 years agocare home

Manor Lodge

Chelmsford, CM2
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 19 months agocare home

Mansard House

Preston, PR2
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

Maple Cottage

Woking, GU23
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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