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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.

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98 services in South West

IOTA Care

Plymouth, PL3
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

IOTA CARE

Plymouth, PL4
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

Jendot

Gloucester, GL4
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

John Wills House

Bristol, BS10
Outstanding
NursingResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Longhope Manor

Longhope, GL17
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Lucerne House

Exeter, EX2
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Machlo

Gloucester, GL4
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

Mayo House

Bristol, BS37
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Montrose Barn

St Agnes, TR5
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Nazareth Lodge

Sturminster Newton, DT10
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home

Orchid Care Home

Swindon, SN25
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 20 months agocare home

Parkland House

Exeter, EX4
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Parkwood House

Plymouth, PL1
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Rawlyn House

Torquay, TQ2
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 22 months agocare home

Restormel House

Plymouth, PL4
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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