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CQC rating

Rated Requires improvement

2,254 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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258 services in East Midlands

23/23a The Avenue

Northampton, NN1
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 15 months agocare home

280-282 Wells Road

Nottingham, NG3
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 20 months agocare home

Aberdeen House

Oakham, LE15
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 5 years agocare home

Apex Care Centre

Mablethorpe, LN12
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 5 years agocare home

Apollo House

Northampton, NN5
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Arnold

Nottingham, NG5
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

A S Care

Leicester, LE3
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 2 years agocare home

Ashcroft Care Home

Chesterfield, S41
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 4 years agocare home

Ashdown House

Daventry, NN11
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 23 months agocare home

Aylestone Grange

Leicester, LE2
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Bank Close House

Chesterfield, S41
Requires improvement
Residential
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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