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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

Hollybank Care Home

Manchester, M26
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 4 years agocare home

Holme Lea

Stalybridge, SK15
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 months agocare home

Holt Mill House

Rochdale, OL12
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 2 years agoReport explained

Homeleigh

Manchester, M8
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 21 months agocare home

Hulton Care Home

Manchester, M24
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Hyde Lea

Bolton, BL1
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 2 years agocare home

Ivy Gate Lodge

Southport, PR8
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 2 years agocare home

Jah Jireh Maryport

Maryport, CA15
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated last monthcare home

Kingswood Manor

Liverpool, L25
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 4 years agocare home

Kirklands

Cockermouth, CA13
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 months agocare home

Laburnum Cottage

Liverpool, L10
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Larkhill Hall

Liverpool, L11
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 23 months agoReport explained

Lavender Villa

Chester, CH2
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
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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