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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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41 services in North East

Longlast

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

Melton House

Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 9 months agocare home

Nunthorpe Hall

Middlesbrough, TS7
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

Percy House

Blyth, NE24
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

Resolve

Bishop Auckland, DL14
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

River Cottage

Consett, DH8
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

The Avenue

Darlington, DL3
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

The Hawthorns

Peterlee, SR8
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Tynedale House

Blyth, NE24
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Tyne Grange

Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 4 months agocare home

Woodlands

Middlesborough, TS5
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 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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