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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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87 services in East Midlands

Redbank House

Retford, DN22
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

RoseLea House

Nottingham, NG2
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Rushden

Rushden, NN10
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

Sherwood

Nottingham, NG7
Outstanding
Nursing
Rated 7 years agocare home

Spring Bank

Nottingham, NG16
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

Stonehaven

Spalding, PE11
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Sutton House

Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Tabs@42

Northampton, NN1
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

The Hawthorns

Lincoln, LN3
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 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
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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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