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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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98 services in South West

Exmouth House

Exmouth, EX8
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Fernhill

Ferndown, BH22
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Firgrove House

Bristol, BS37
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Fitzwarren House

Swindon, SN3
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Frith House

Burnham-on-Sea, TA8
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 2 months agocare home

Grindon

Cullompton, EX15
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Grovelands

Yeovil, BA20
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 11 months agocare home

Halcon House

Taunton, TA1
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Harbour House

Bridport, DT6
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Hillside House

Sidmouth, EX10
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Horfield Lodge

Bristol, BS7
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Hurst House

Swindon, SN25
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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