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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.

87 services in East Midlands

Esmer House

Mansfield, NG19
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 4 years agocare home

Fairway View

Nottingham, NG6
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Fotherby House

Louth, LN11
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Goodman House

Nottingham, NG9
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Hatzfeld House

Mansfield, NG21
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 months agocare home

Haydock House

Kettering, NN16
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Hayway

Rushden, NN10
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

Hegarty Care

Nottingham, NG9
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 4 months agocare home

Highfields

Swadlincote, DE11
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 5 months agocare home

Holland House

Corby, NN17
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

Irchester 168

Wellingborough, NN29
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

Kingly Terrace

Rushden, NN10
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 8 years agocare home

Langdale Heights

Derby, DE23
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 3 months agocare home

McMorrow House

Nottingham, NG9
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Orchard House

Northampton, NN7
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Orchard Lodge

Lincoln, LN4
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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