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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

Belle Vue House

Sunderland, SR2
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Belmont View

Hertford, SG13
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Bewick House

Darlington, DL1
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

Birchwood

Chesham, HP5
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 months agocare home

Blakesley

Towcester, NN12
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 2 years agocare home

Blaydon Lodge

Blaydon-on-Tyne, NE21
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

Bowfell House

Manchester, M41
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 4 years agocare home

Bramerton

Maidenhead, SL6
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Bramley Court

Histon, CB24
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Bridge House

Abingdon, OX14
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Bridlington

Bridlington, YO16
Outstanding
Residential
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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