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CQC rating

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

Hayway

Rushden, NN10
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

Healey House

Rochdale, OL12
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 2 months agocare home

Hegarty Care

Nottingham, NG9
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 4 months agocare home

Hepworth House

Wakefield, WF3
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Heronsmede

Old Windsor, SL4
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Hollycroft

Langford, SG18
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 5 months agocare home

Highfield House

Shanklin, PO37
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Highfields

Swadlincote, DE11
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 5 months agocare home

Highview House

Spennymoor, DL16
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Highwater House

Norwich, NR2
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Hill Brow

Farnham, GU10
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Hillside House

Sidmouth, EX10
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Hilltop

Southampton, SO19
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 3 months 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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