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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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59 services in North West

Kingarth

Manchester, M26
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Lime Tree House

Sale, M33
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Links Lodge

Blackpool, FY1
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Mansard House

Preston, PR2
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

Mayfield Court

Liverpool, L14
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Minshull House

Liverpool, L12
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 3 months agocare home

Parr Care Home

St Helens, WA9
Outstanding
Nursing
Rated 7 years agocare home

Riverside Point

Warrington, WA1
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

Rossall

Fleetwood, FY7
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Hudson Road

Liverpool, L31
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

Starr Hills

Lytham St Annes, FY8
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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