Between 1 November 2025 and 23 October 2026, CQC published 3,854 ratings for care homes and home care services that we track. 402 services improved their rating and 188 were rated lower than before.
Rating changes by month
| Month | Ratings published | Improved | Fell | First rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 235 | 23 | 13 | 37 |
| September 2026 | 399 | 24 | 13 | 51 |
| August 2026 | 355 | 21 | 24 | 43 |
| July 2026 | 416 | 26 | 22 | 75 |
| June 2026 | 385 | 42 | 20 | 61 |
| May 2026 | 328 | 32 | 17 | 52 |
| April 2026 | 333 | 36 | 16 | 58 |
| March 2026 | 340 | 26 | 16 | 50 |
| February 2026 | 272 | 29 | 10 | 57 |
| January 2026 | 276 | 38 | 14 | 34 |
| December 2025 | 253 | 57 | 7 | 43 |
| November 2025 | 262 | 48 | 16 | 38 |
From 1 November 2025 to 23 October 2026, 3,854 ratings were published for care homes and home care services: 402 improved, 188 fell, and 599 were first ratings for new services.
Recently rated Outstanding
- Seven Steps Support Limited, Sheffield: Good → Outstanding (22 Oct 2026)
- Cornelius House, Chichester, West Sussex: Good → Outstanding (21 Oct 2026)
- Bright Opportunities Enabling Services Limited, Buxton, Derbyshire: Requires improvement → Outstanding (16 Oct 2026)
- Avon Reach, Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: Good → Outstanding (15 Oct 2026)
- Prestbury Beaumont, Prestbury, Cheshire East: Good → Outstanding (15 Oct 2026)
- Assist Care Group - Surrey, Dorking, Surrey: Good → Outstanding (14 Oct 2026)
- Wisteria Lodge, Waterlooville, Hampshire: Good → Outstanding (6 Oct 2026)
- Bluebird Care East Suffolk, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk: first rating, Outstanding (29 Sep 2026)
- Fitzwilliam Lodge, Rotherham: Good → Outstanding (29 Sep 2026)
- The Brambles Apartments, Brighouse, Calderdale: first rating, Outstanding (29 Sep 2026)
- Folkestone Home Care, Folkestone, Kent: Good → Outstanding (25 Sep 2026)
- Robert Harvey House, Birmingham: Good → Outstanding (24 Sep 2026)
Recently rated Inadequate
- Dedicated Care East Anglia Limited, King's Lynn, Unspecified: Outstanding → Inadequate (16 Oct 2026)
- Pine Lodge, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk: Good → Inadequate (16 Oct 2026)
- Higher Bank, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen: Good → Inadequate (15 Oct 2026)
- Mr 'C's, Torquay, Torbay: Good → Inadequate (9 Oct 2026)
- Woodland House, Milton Keynes, Central Bedfordshire: Outstanding → Inadequate (8 Oct 2026)
- Baobab Care UK Limited, Birmingham: Good → Inadequate (7 Oct 2026)
- Haddon House Nursing Home, Chesterfield, Derbyshire: Good → Inadequate (6 Oct 2026)
- Rebound Healthcare Limited, Bristol, South Gloucestershire: first rating, Inadequate (6 Oct 2026)
- The Haven, Colchester, Essex: Good → Inadequate (6 Oct 2026)
- Allot Healthcare Services York, York: Requires improvement → Inadequate (2 Oct 2026)
- The Red House Welfare & Housing Society, Sudbury, Suffolk: Good → Inadequate (2 Oct 2026)
- Kings Court Care Home, Holt, Norfolk: first rating, Inadequate (25 Sep 2026)
The full list, updated as CQC publishes, is on latest CQC ratings, with a page for each month and each area.
Source: Latest CQC ratings, from the CQC register. CQC data under the Open Government Licence; our figures under CC BY 4.0: credit The Care Panel and link to the source page. Figures update automatically with each edition.
What a change in rating means
- An improvement usually follows a new manager, more stable staffing or an action plan after a poor inspection. Read the report to see which key questions improved.
- A fall to Requires improvement means CQC found areas that must get better. Many services still provide good care in some areas.
- A fall to Inadequate usually puts the service into special measures, with a re-inspection within six months.
If someone you care for uses a service whose rating fell
- Read the report, focusing on the Safe and Well-led sections.
- Ask the manager what is changing, and by when.
- Raise any concerns: see how to complain about a care home.
- If you think someone is at risk, contact the council’s safeguarding team.
Method
We check the CQC register daily and log every change to a service’s overall rating. “Improved” and “fell” compare the new rating with the previous one; first ratings for new services are counted separately.
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