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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

Rafael Home

Carshalton, SM5
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 2 months agocare home

Ranworth House

Eastbourne, BN21
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Rawlyn House

Torquay, TQ2
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 22 months agocare home

Recovery House

York, YO31
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

Redbank House

Retford, DN22
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Redbourne

Gainsborough, DN21
Outstanding
Nursing
Rated 4 years agocare home

Red Oaks

Henfield, BN5
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 8 years agocare home

Resolve

Bishop Auckland, DL14
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

Restormel House

Plymouth, PL4
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Ridgeway House

Bristol, BS13
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

River Cottage

Consett, DH8
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

Riverside Point

Warrington, WA1
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

Riverview

Teignmouth, TQ14
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

Rose Farm House

Ramsgate, CT12
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 4 years agocare home

RoseLea House

Nottingham, NG2
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Rossall

Fleetwood, FY7
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Rushden

Rushden, NN10
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 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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