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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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281 services in East of England

244 Wootton Road

Kings Lynn, PE30
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 months agocare home

Abbot Care Home

Harlow, CM18
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 2 years agocare home

Alexander Court

Thetford, IP24
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 4 months agocare home

Alexandra Care Home

Hemel Hempstead, HP2
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 4 years agocare home

Amethyst Lodge

Great Yarmouth, NR31
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Ashfields

Norwich, NR13
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 4 years agocare home

Ashlynn Grange

Peterborough, PE3
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Ashville House

Downham Market, PE38
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Baylham Care Home

Ipswich, IP6
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 2 months agocare home

Bay Tree House

Norwich, NR4
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Beaumont Manor

Frinton-on-Sea, CO13
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 12 months agocare home

Biffins Care Home

Southend-on-Sea, SS3
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 5 months agocare home

Blackthorns

Halstead, CO9
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 17 months agocare home

Blenheim Care Home

Walton-on-the-Naze, CO14
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 5 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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