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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

Archmoor Care Home

Manchester, M24
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 4 months agocare home

Arnside Lodge

Morecambe, LA4
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Ash Cottage

Bury, BL0
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 4 months agocare home

Ashfields Care Home

Macclesfield, SK10
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Ashton Lane

Sale, M33
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Avalon Care Home

Southport, PR8
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Averill House

Manchester, M40
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 22 months agocare home

Aykroyd Lodge

Burnley, BB10
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Aynsley Care Centre

Wallasey, CH44
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 4 years agocare home

Balmoral Care Home

Hyde, SK14
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 9 months agocare home

Beckdale House

Sale, M33
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Beechcroft

Prenton, CH43
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 2 years agocare home

Belgravia Care Home

Blackpool, FY1
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 8 months agocare home

Belmont Care Home

Preston, PR3
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated last monthcare home

Belong Chester

Chester, CH1
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 7 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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