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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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331 services in West Midlands

Castlewellan House

Kingswinford, DY6
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Cavendish Lodge

Leamington Spa, CV31
Requires improvement
Nursing
Rated 3 years agocare home

Chance Drive

Smethwick, B66
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 4 years agocare home

Charnwood

Wolverhampton, WV3
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 5 years agocare home

Cherry Lodge

Birmingham, B14
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 12 months agoReport explained

Churchfield Court

West Bromwich, B71
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 13 months agocare home

Clare Court Care Home

Birmingham, B18
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 10 months agoReport explained

Clement Court

Stoke-on-Trent, ST6
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 4 months agocare home

Clifton House

Birmingham, B12
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Clifton House

Oldbury, B69
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 15 months agocare home

Collyhurst

Bedworth, CV12
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 4 years agocare home

Compton Manor

Coventry, CV6
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 months agocare home

Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury, SY5
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Coopers Croft

Stoke-on-Trent, ST4
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 9 months agocare home

Coton House

Wolverhampton, WV4
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 11 months 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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