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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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328 services in North West

Downshaw Lodge

Ashton-under-Lyne, OL7
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 19 months agocare home

Draycombe House

Morecambe, LA3
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Elizabeth House

Oldham, OL8
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Elmsdene Care Home

Blackpool, FY4
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 17 months agoReport explained

Eversley

Chester, CH2
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Fairleigh House

Manchester, M16
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Fairways

Morecambe, LA3
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 16 months agoReport explained

Firbank House

Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 23 months agocare home

Flixton Manor

Manchester, M41
Requires improvement
Nursing
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Gabriel House

Manchester, M16
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Glenroyd

Blackpool, FY3
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 8 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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