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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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449 services in South East

Crofton Lodge

Fareham, PO14
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 16 months agocare home

Cumberland Court

St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Dalling House

Crowborough, TN6
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 21 months agocare home

Dane House

Brighton, BN1
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Dashwood Manor

Basingstoke, RG23
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Dawson Lodge

Southampton, SO30
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 2 years agocare home

Deepdene Court

Littlehampton, BN17
Requires improvement
Nursing
Rated 18 months agoReport explained

Devon Lodge

Southampton, SO30
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Dormy House

Ascot, SL5
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 20 months agoReport explained

Dover House

Dover, CT17
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated last monthcare home

Downshire House

Reading, RG1
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agoReport explained

Durban House

Romsey, SO51
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Eastbourne Grange

Eastbourne, BN20
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Easterlea

Waterlooville, PO7
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 23 months agocare home

Eastlake

Godalming, GU7
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Eastry House

Sandwich, CT13
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 5 years agocare home

Edwina Place

Bracknell, RG42
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 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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