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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

Orchard House

Northampton, NN7
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Orchard Lodge

Lincoln, LN4
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

Orchid Care Home

Swindon, SN25
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 20 months agocare home

Oxford Beaumont

Oxford, OX1
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated last monthcare home

Parkland House

Exeter, EX4
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Park Manor

Ipswich, IP4
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Park View

Stoke-on-Trent, ST3
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

Parkwood House

Plymouth, PL1
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Parr Care Home

St Helens, WA9
Outstanding
Nursing
Rated 7 years agocare home

Pathway House

Bedford, MK44
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 13 months agocare home

Pear Tree House

Wolverhampton, WV1
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 5 months agocare home

Peppard House

Reading, RG4
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

Percy House

Blyth, NE24
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

Perry Manor

Worcester, WR5
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Portland Road

Hove, BN3
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 5 months agocare home

Priors House

Leamington Spa, CV32
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Queens Court

Cambridge, CB25
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 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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