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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

Caer Gwent

Worthing, BN11
Requires improvement
Nursing
Rated 4 years agocare home

Camellots Care Home

Littlehampton, BN17
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Catherine Court

High Wycombe, HP12
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 5 years agocare home

Chalfont Lodge

Chalfont St Peter, SL9
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Charing House

Gillingham, ME7
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 13 months agocare home

Cherington

Bognor Regis, PO21
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 7 months agocare home

Cheriton Care Home

Amersham, HP6
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 months agocare home

Cherry Garth

Holmer Green, HP15
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Chesham Bois Manor

Chesham, HP5
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 4 years agocare home

Chesham House

Southampton, SO18
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Chestfield House

Whitstable, CT5
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Coniston Court

Uckfield, TN22
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 2 months agocare home

Coppice Lea

Redhill, RH1
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 9 months agocare home

Cornford House

Tunbridge Wells, TN2
Requires improvement
NursingResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Creedy House

New Romney, TN28
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 17 months agocare home

Crest House Care Home

St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
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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