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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

School House

Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Esmer House

Mansfield, NG19
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 4 years agocare home

Exmouth House

Exmouth, EX8
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Fairdene Lodge

Hove, BN3
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 15 months agocare home

Fairlie House

London, SE27
Outstanding
Nursing
Rated 7 years agocare home

Fairway View

Nottingham, NG6
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Fairwinds

Rotherham, S61
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Faldonside Lodge

Cromer, NR27
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Falstone Court

Sunderland, SR6
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Fernhill

Ferndown, BH22
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Field House

Burton-on-Trent, DE13
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

Firgrove House

Bristol, BS37
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Firstlings

Maldon, CM9
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Fitzwarren House

Swindon, SN3
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Fonthill House

St Albans, AL3
Outstanding
NursingDementia
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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