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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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184 services in South West

Abbeywood House

Torquay, TQ1
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 2 years agocare home

Admirals Rest

Bridgwater, TA6
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Ambleside

Cheltenham, GL51
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 months agocare home

Arguam House

Plymouth, PL1
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Arundel House

Barnstaple, EX32
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Ashgables House

Chippenham, SN15
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 4 years agocare home

Astell House

Cheltenham, GL50
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Avebury House

Devizes, SN10
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 2 years agocare home

Bafford House

Cheltenham, GL53
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 3 years agocare home

Ballards Ash

Wotton Bassett, SN4
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 5 years agocare home

Barley Close

Axminster, EX13
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Bedborough House

Radstock, BA3
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home

Beechcroft

Torquay, TQ1
Requires improvement
ResidentialDementia
Rated 7 months agocare home

Blackberry Hill

Castle Cary, BA7
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 4 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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