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In the past week the Care Quality Commission has published a further 48 reports on the quality of care provided by adult social care services across the Central region.

Following recent inspections, 25 of these care homes and homecare agencies have been rated as Good and 19 have been rated Requires Improvement and four have been rated Inadequate.

Under CQC’s new programme of inspections, all of England’s adult social care services are being given a rating according to whether they are safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led.

Sue Howard, Interim Deputy Chief Inspector for Adult Social Care in the Central region, said:

"People are entitled to services which provide safe, effective, compassionate and high quality care. If that is what we find on inspection - we give the service a rating of Good, or Outstanding.

"Where we find that services are not good enough, we will give a rating of Requires Improvement or Inadequate. If we find that a service requires improvement, we will expect them to provide us with a full plan setting out how they will address the issue. We will share our findings with local commissioners, and we will return in due course to check that the required improvements have been made.

"Whenever we find a service to be Inadequate, we will consider taking further action on behalf of the people who use the service."

Full reports on all 48 inspections are available on this website.

Adult Social Care services by local authority area and rating:

• Charles House, Birmingham:  Good
• The Ridings Care Home, Birmingham:  Good
• Ellys Road, Coventry:  Good
• Boucherne Limited, Essex:  Good
• Edensor Nursing and Residential Home, Essex:  Good
• Elizabeth House, Essex:  Good
• Firstlings, Essex:  Good
• St Michael's Care Home, Essex:  Good
• Chalfont Court, Hertfordshire:  Good
• Meresworth, Hertfordshire:  Good
• Providence Court, Hertfordshire:  Good
• Barclay Street, Leicester:  Good
• Monson Retirement Home, Lincolnshire:  Good
• Faro Lodge, Norfolk:  Good
• The Old Rectory, Norfolk:  Good
• Nottingham Community Housing Association Limited - 280-282 Wells Road, Nottingham:  Good
• Gedling Village Care Home, Nottinghamshire:  Good
• Stretton Hall Nursing Home, Shropshire:  Good
• Tall Oaks Care Home, Staffordshire:  Good
• Westfield Lodge, Stoke-on-Trent:  Good
• Allied Healthcare Martlesham, Suffolk:  Good
• Brierfield Residential Home, Suffolk:  Good
• Rose Care Suffolk Ltd, Suffolk:  Good
• Fernwood Court Care Home, Walsall:  Good
• Inglewood Residential Rest Home, Walsall:  Good
   
• Sovereign House, Coventry:  Requires improvement
• Harmony Care and Support, Derbyshire:  Requires improvement
• Ghyll Grove Residential and Nursing Home, Essex:  Requires improvement
• St Mary's Court, Essex:  Requires improvement
• The Regard Partnership Limited - Church Road, Essex:  Requires improvement
• Holly House Residential Care Home, Hertfordshire:  Requires improvement
• Lenthall House, Leicestershire:  Requires improvement
• Abbeville Residential Care Home, Norfolk:  Requires improvement
• Ridgway House, Northamptonshire:  Requires improvement
• Bowbridge Court, Nottinghamshire:  Requires improvement
• Care UK Community Care Services Friary Court Extra Care Scheme, Peterborough:  Requires improvement
• Fairfield Care Home, Solihull:  Requires improvement
• De Vere Care - Southend on Sea, Southend-on-Sea:  Requires improvement
• St Martins Residential Home, Southend-on-Sea:  Requires improvement
• Kirk House Care Home, Staffordshire:  Requires improvement
• Marquis Court (Tudor House) Care Home, Staffordshire:  Requires improvement
• Park Farm Lodge, Staffordshire:  Requires improvement
• Alice Grange, Suffolk:  Requires improvement
• Brownhills Nursing Home, Walsall:  Requires improvement
   
• Medic2 UK Limited - Basildon, Essex:  Inadequate
• Guysfield Residential Home, Hertfordshire:  Inadequate
• The Cottage Nursing Home Limited, Northamptonshire:  Inadequate
• Friars Hall Nursing Home, Suffolk:  Inadequate

For further information please contact Regional Engagement Officer, Helen Gildersleeve on 0191 2333379. Or call the CQC press office on 020 7448 9401 during office hours or out of hours on 07789 876508. For general enquiries, call 03000 61 61 61.

Notes to editors

In October 2014, CQC began to roll out its new inspection regime for adult social care services across England, using specialist teams who will inspect and rate services against what matters to the people who use them. For further information, please visit 'Making the 'Mum test' real'.

Since 1 April, providers have been required to display their ratings on their premises and on their websites so that the public can see their rating quickly and easily. See further information on the upcoming requirement for providers to prominently display their CQC ratings.

About the Care Quality Commission

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and social care in England.

We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and we encourage care services to improve.

We monitor, inspect and regulate services to make sure they meet fundamental standards of quality and safety and we publish what we find to help people choose care.