CQC rating
Rated Outstanding
616 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.
31 services in London
5 Horse Leaze
Amberley Lodge - Purley
Beechmore Court
Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre
Chestnut Lodge Care Home
Coloma Court Care Home
Ebury Court Residential Home Limited
1a Upper Brighton Road
21b Upper Brighton Road
Fairlie House
Grasmere Avenue
Groveland Park Care Home
Hallmark Kew House Luxury Care Home
Karuna Manor
Larkrise
LD Care
LD Care - Moreton Avenue
Loveday Kensington
Nightingale House
No 36
30 Old Church Lane
60 Carlton Avenue
Rafael Home
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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