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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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79 services in East of England

Mills Meadow

Woodbridge, IP13
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Montrose House

Ipswich, IP4
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

Munhaven

Norwich, NR11
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Nightingale Lodge

Hunstanton, PE36
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 4 years agocare home

Park Manor

Ipswich, IP4
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Pathway House

Bedford, MK44
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 13 months agocare home

Queens Court

Cambridge, CB25
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

St John's House

Norwich, NR2
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Sunnyside House

South Ockendon, RM15
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 4 years agocare home

The Beeches

Norwich, NR16
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

The Limes

Dunstable, LU5
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 22 months agocare home

The Oakes

Laindon, SS15
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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