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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

Aquarius Care Home

Chatham, ME5
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 8 months agocare home

Archmoor Care Home

Manchester, M24
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 4 months agocare home

Arden House

Leamington Spa, CV32
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 months agocare home

Arguam House

Plymouth, PL1
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Arlington House

Ilford, IG1
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Arlington House

Hove, BN3
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 22 months agocare home

Arnold

Nottingham, NG5
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Arnside Lodge

Morecambe, LA4
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Arthur Court

Folkestone, CT20
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Arundel House

Barnstaple, EX32
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

A S Care

Leicester, LE3
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Ashbourne Care Home

Dudley, DY1
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 2 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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