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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

Seaford Family Care

Seaford, BN25
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 months agocare home

Seahaven

Deal, CT14
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Seaview Nursing Home

St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 13 months agocare home

Seymour House

Slough, SL1
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 12 months agocare home

Shakti Lodge

Dartford, DA1
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 5 years agocare home

Sheerwater House

Addlestone, KT15
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 14 months agocare home

Sheringham House

Gravesend, DA12
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Solent Lodge

Fareham, PO14
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 15 months agocare home

Spencer House

Birchington, CT7
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 4 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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