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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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283 services in East of England

Loughton Hall

Loughton, IG10
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Loveys Lodge

Bedford, MK40
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 5 years agocare home

Lychgate House

Colchester, CO3
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Lynfield

Bungay, NR35
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 5 years agocare home

Mabbs Hall Care Home

Mildenhall, IP28
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 3 years agoReport explained

Magdalen Close Hostel

Clacton-on-Sea, CO15
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 5 months agocare home

Mandalay

King'S Lynn, PE33
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Manor Farm

St Neots, PE19
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 4 years agocare home

Manor Rest Home

Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 2 years agocare home

Manton House

King'S Lynn, PE30
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 4 years agocare home

Maple Cottage

Colchester, CO2
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 9 months agoReport explained

Marham House Care Home

Bury St Edmunds, IP32
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 16 months agocare home

Mayflower Court

Norwich, NR5
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Meadow Acres

Harpenden, AL5
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 5 months agocare home

Melwood Grange

Royston, SG8
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 5 months agocare home

Monread Lodge

Knebworth, SG3
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Montague House

Huntingdon, PE28
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Moulsham Home

Chelmsford, CM2
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Mountfield

Norwich, NR3
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 15 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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