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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

The Millings

Bedale, DL8
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

The Moorings

Poole, BH12
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

The Oakes

Laindon, SS15
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

The Oaklands

Mansfield, NG20
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

The Oaks

Lincoln, LN3
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

The Old Hall

Fiskerton, LN3
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 2 years agocare home

The Old Hall

Sleaford, NG34
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

The Old Orchard

Newark, NG24
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 2 months agocare home

The Seaton

Seaton, EX12
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

The Tager Centre

Crowthorne, RG45
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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