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CQC rating

Rated Requires improvement

2,265 services in England are currently rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The service was told what to put right. The report matters here: some Requires improvement ratings are about records and management, others are about people being at risk.

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2,265 services

Bryony Lodge

Hayling Island, PO11
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 16 months agocare home

Buckingham Lodge

Aylesbury, HP19
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 4 years agocare home

Bumblebee Lodge

Spilsby, PE23
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 23 months agocare home

Burger Court

Bradford, BD3
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 21 months agocare home

Burleigh House

Baldock, SG7
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 5 years agocare home

Burleys Wood

Crawley, RH10
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 3 months agocare home

Burlington Villa

Nottingham, NG5
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 2 years agocare home

Burnham

Folkestone, CT19
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 18 months agocare home

Burnside Court

Paignton, TQ3
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 9 months agocare home

Burnt Tree Croft

Sheffield, S3
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 12 months agocare home

Burscough Manor

Ormskirk, L40
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Bury Lodge Care Home

Beaconsfield, HP9
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Bush Rest Home

Wednesbury, WS10
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 9 months agocare home

Buttercup Lodge

Doncaster, DN4
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 12 months agocare home

Butterley House

Ripley, DE5
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 months agocare home

Butts Croft House

Coventry, CV7
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 4 years agocare home
Reading a rating

What Requires improvement means for your family

Requires improvement covers a wide range. At one end, a home with kind staff whose paperwork was not kept up. At the other, a service where risks to people were not managed and inspectors found a breach of the regulations.

The overall rating usually follows the Safe and Well-led questions, so those are the ones to read. Our explanation on each page shows all five question ratings and what inspectors said about each, and lists any breaches.

A Requires improvement rating that is two or three years old under a manager who has since left tells you little. A recent one is worth a direct conversation with the manager about what has changed.

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