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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.

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59 services in North West

Alsley Lodge

Ormskirk, L40
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 9 months agocare home

Bowfell House

Manchester, M41
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 4 years agocare home

Brookhaven

Preston, PR5
Outstanding
Nursing
Rated 7 years agocare home

Cheshire House

Sale, M33
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home

Church Road

Bolton, BL1
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 4 years agocare home

Church View

Liverpool, L13
Outstanding
Nursing
Rated 4 months agocare home

Dystlegh Grange

Stockport, SK12
Outstanding
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Halecroft Grange

Altrincham, WA15
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Halecroft Grange

Altrincham, WA15
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Healey House

Rochdale, OL12
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 2 months agocare home

Hollins Park

Macclesfield, SK10
Outstanding
NursingDementia
Rated 7 years agocare home

Inglewood

Wigton, CA7
Outstanding
ResidentialDementia
Rated 4 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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