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Care Watch: CQC rating changes in England and Scotland

Every time the Care Quality Commission publishes a new rating for a service in the 305 areas Docorix covers, it shows up here. In the 12 months to 7 October 2026, 677 services improved their rating and 477 dropped a rating.

Source: CQC register · updated 7 October 2026

677improved their rating
477dropped a rating
1114rated for the first time
2030kept the same rating

Last 12 months (7 Oct 2025 – 7 October 2026).

Latest rating changes

Ratings published by the CQC since 9 Jul 2026, newest first.

Which towns are improving?

Rating upgrades and downgrades by town over the last 12 months.

Wiltshire
▲ 25 ▼ 9
Nottingham
▲ 13 ▼ 2
Birmingham
▲ 23 ▼ 13
Leicester
▲ 12 ▼ 2
Rotherham
▲ 8 ▼ 0
Gateshead
▲ 9 ▼ 2
Swindon
▲ 10 ▼ 3
Camden
▲ 5 ▼ 0
Havering
▲ 5 ▼ 0
Middlesbrough
▲ 5 ▼ 0
Stroud
▲ 5 ▼ 0
Bassetlaw
▲ 4 ▼ 0
Calderdale
▲ 5 ▼ 1
Cornwall
▲ 5 ▼ 1
Croydon
▲ 6 ▼ 2
Dudley
▲ 8 ▼ 4
Herefordshire
▲ 5 ▼ 1
Newark and Sherwood
▲ 7 ▼ 3
Test Valley
▲ 5 ▼ 1
Wirral
▲ 7 ▼ 3
Amber Valley
▲ 3 ▼ 0
Barnsley
▲ 5 ▼ 2
Bromley
▲ 3 ▼ 0
Bromsgrove
▲ 4 ▼ 1
Broxtowe
▲ 3 ▼ 0
Cheltenham
▲ 3 ▼ 0
Dorset
▲ 3 ▼ 0
Eastbourne
▲ 3 ▼ 0
Exeter
▲ 3 ▼ 0
Greenwich
▲ 4 ▼ 1
Hillingdon
▲ 4 ▼ 1
Huntingdonshire
▲ 3 ▼ 0
Leeds
▲ 14 ▼ 11
Norwich
▲ 3 ▼ 0
Sandwell
▲ 8 ▼ 5
Sefton
▲ 3 ▼ 0
Sheffield
▲ 5 ▼ 2
Stratford-on-Avon
▲ 5 ▼ 2
Basildon
▲ 2 ▼ 0
Canterbury
▲ 5 ▼ 3
Chelmsford
▲ 2 ▼ 0
Coventry
▲ 3 ▼ 1
East Suffolk
▲ 2 ▼ 0
Elmbridge
▲ 2 ▼ 0
Enfield
▲ 3 ▼ 1
Erewash
▲ 2 ▼ 0
Fenland
▲ 2 ▼ 0
Lewisham
▲ 2 ▼ 0
Mansfield
▲ 3 ▼ 1
Merton
▲ 2 ▼ 0
Newcastle upon Tyne
▲ 6 ▼ 4
North Somerset
▲ 2 ▼ 0
North Yorkshire
▲ 9 ▼ 7
Redbridge
▲ 2 ▼ 0
Rushcliffe
▲ 3 ▼ 1
Rutland
▲ 3 ▼ 1
Somerset
▲ 5 ▼ 3
Southampton
▲ 3 ▼ 1
St. Helens
▲ 3 ▼ 1
Thurrock
▲ 5 ▼ 3
Wakefield
▲ 5 ▼ 3
Welwyn Hatfield
▲ 2 ▼ 0
Wolverhampton
▲ 6 ▼ 4
Wychavon
▲ 3 ▼ 1
Wyre
▲ 2 ▼ 0
Wyre Forest
▲ 4 ▼ 2
Bedford
▲ 1 ▼ 0
Bracknell Forest
▲ 1 ▼ 0
Bradford
▲ 10 ▼ 9
Brent
▲ 3 ▼ 2
Brighton and Hove
▲ 3 ▼ 2
Buckinghamshire
▲ 4 ▼ 3
Cannock Chase
▲ 1 ▼ 0
Cheshire East
▲ 3 ▼ 2
Chesterfield
▲ 3 ▼ 2
Colchester
▲ 1 ▼ 0
County Durham
▲ 10 ▼ 9
Darlington
▲ 2 ▼ 1
Derbyshire Dales
▲ 1 ▼ 0
Doncaster
▲ 9 ▼ 8
Dover
▲ 3 ▼ 2
Ealing
▲ 5 ▼ 4
East Cambridgeshire
▲ 1 ▼ 0
Epping Forest
▲ 2 ▼ 1
Fareham
▲ 2 ▼ 1
Hart
▲ 1 ▼ 0
Hounslow
▲ 1 ▼ 0
Hyndburn
▲ 2 ▼ 1
Lichfield
▲ 1 ▼ 0
Medway
▲ 6 ▼ 5
Mid Sussex
▲ 1 ▼ 0
Newham
▲ 2 ▼ 1
North Hertfordshire
▲ 1 ▼ 0
North Kesteven
▲ 2 ▼ 1
North Lincolnshire
▲ 3 ▼ 2
North Tyneside
▲ 3 ▼ 2
Oxford
▲ 2 ▼ 1
Plymouth
▲ 2 ▼ 1
South Derbyshire
▲ 1 ▼ 0
South Hams
▲ 1 ▼ 0
South Oxfordshire
▲ 1 ▼ 0
St Albans
▲ 1 ▼ 0
Stafford
▲ 1 ▼ 0
Stevenage
▲ 1 ▼ 0
Stoke-on-Trent
▲ 3 ▼ 2
Sunderland
▲ 4 ▼ 3
Telford and Wrekin
▲ 2 ▼ 1
Tendring
▲ 4 ▼ 3
West Oxfordshire
▲ 1 ▼ 0
Westminster
▲ 3 ▼ 2
Winchester
▲ 2 ▼ 1
Woking
▲ 1 ▼ 0
Wokingham
▲ 1 ▼ 0
Aberdeen City
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Aberdeenshire
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Adur
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Angus
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Argyll and Bute
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Ashfield
▲ 4 ▼ 4
Ashford
▲ 1 ▼ 1
Babergh
▲ 1 ▼ 1
Barnet
▲ 4 ▼ 4
Bexley
▲ 1 ▼ 1
Bolton
▲ 4 ▼ 4
Boston
▲ 1 ▼ 1
Braintree
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Brentwood
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Broadland
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Broxbourne
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Cambridge
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Castle Point
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Charnwood
▲ 2 ▼ 2
Cherwell
▲ 1 ▼ 1
City of Edinburgh
▲ 0 ▼ 0
City of London
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Clackmannanshire
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Cotswold
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Derby
▲ 7 ▼ 7
Dundee City
▲ 0 ▼ 0
East Ayrshire
▲ 0 ▼ 0
East Devon
▲ 0 ▼ 0
East Dunbartonshire
▲ 0 ▼ 0
East Lindsey
▲ 1 ▼ 1
East Lothian
▲ 0 ▼ 0
East Renfrewshire
▲ 0 ▼ 0
East Staffordshire
▲ 1 ▼ 1
Eastleigh
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Epsom and Ewell
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Falkirk
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Fife
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Forest of Dean
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Glasgow City
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Gosport
▲ 1 ▼ 1
Great Yarmouth
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Guildford
▲ 1 ▼ 1
Harborough
▲ 1 ▼ 1
Harlow
▲ 1 ▼ 1
Hastings
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Hertsmere
▲ 1 ▼ 1
Highland
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Inverclyde
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Ipswich
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Islington
▲ 1 ▼ 1
Kingston upon Hull
▲ 2 ▼ 2
Kirklees
▲ 9 ▼ 9
Lambeth
▲ 2 ▼ 2
Lewes
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Maldon
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Malvern Hills
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Melton
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Mid Suffolk
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Midlothian
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Moray
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Na h-Eileanan Siar
▲ 0 ▼ 0
New Forest
▲ 0 ▼ 0
North Ayrshire
▲ 0 ▼ 0
North Devon
▲ 0 ▼ 0
North Lanarkshire
▲ 0 ▼ 0
North Norfolk
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Oadby and Wigston
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Orkney Islands
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Perth and Kinross
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Peterborough
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Reading
▲ 3 ▼ 3
Redditch
▲ 1 ▼ 1
Renfrewshire
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Ribble Valley
▲ 1 ▼ 1
Rochford
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Scottish Borders
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Shetland Islands
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Slough
▲ 0 ▼ 0
South Ayrshire
▲ 0 ▼ 0
South Kesteven
▲ 1 ▼ 1
South Lanarkshire
▲ 0 ▼ 0
South Norfolk
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Stirling
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Surrey Heath
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Teignbridge
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Three Rivers
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Torbay
▲ 2 ▼ 2
Tower Hamlets
▲ 2 ▼ 2
Uttlesford
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Vale of White Horse
▲ 3 ▼ 3
Wandsworth
▲ 2 ▼ 2
Warrington
▲ 3 ▼ 3
Wealden
▲ 0 ▼ 0
West Berkshire
▲ 0 ▼ 0
West Devon
▲ 0 ▼ 0
West Dunbartonshire
▲ 0 ▼ 0
West Lancashire
▲ 1 ▼ 1
West Lindsey
▲ 1 ▼ 1
West Lothian
▲ 0 ▼ 0
West Suffolk
▲ 0 ▼ 0
Bolsover
▲ 1 ▼ 2
Breckland
▲ 2 ▼ 3
Chichester
▲ 0 ▼ 1
Crawley
▲ 0 ▼ 1
East Hampshire
▲ 0 ▼ 1
East Hertfordshire
▲ 0 ▼ 1
Gravesham
▲ 1 ▼ 2
Haringey
▲ 1 ▼ 2
Hartlepool
▲ 1 ▼ 2
Knowsley
▲ 0 ▼ 1
Lincoln
▲ 0 ▼ 1
Luton
▲ 1 ▼ 2
Maidstone
▲ 4 ▼ 5
Mid Devon
▲ 0 ▼ 1
Milton Keynes
▲ 2 ▼ 3
Mole Valley
▲ 1 ▼ 2
Rochdale
▲ 1 ▼ 2
Rother
▲ 0 ▼ 1
Shropshire
▲ 5 ▼ 6
South Holland
▲ 1 ▼ 2
South Staffordshire
▲ 2 ▼ 3
South Tyneside
▲ 1 ▼ 2
Spelthorne
▲ 0 ▼ 1
Swale
▲ 3 ▼ 4
Tewkesbury
▲ 1 ▼ 2
Waverley
▲ 3 ▼ 4
Worcester
▲ 1 ▼ 2
Worthing
▲ 0 ▼ 1
York
▲ 3 ▼ 4
Arun
▲ 0 ▼ 2
Blaby
▲ 1 ▼ 3
Bristol
▲ 2 ▼ 4
Dacorum
▲ 0 ▼ 2
Dartford
▲ 0 ▼ 2
Gedling
▲ 2 ▼ 4
Gloucester
▲ 0 ▼ 2
Hackney
▲ 0 ▼ 2
Harrow
▲ 0 ▼ 2
High Peak
▲ 0 ▼ 2
Isle of Wight
▲ 0 ▼ 2
North Warwickshire
▲ 0 ▼ 2
Northumberland
▲ 5 ▼ 7
Rugby
▲ 0 ▼ 2
Southend-on-Sea
▲ 1 ▼ 3
Southwark
▲ 1 ▼ 3
Stockport
▲ 2 ▼ 4
Stockton-on-Tees
▲ 1 ▼ 3
Tameside
▲ 1 ▼ 3
Tamworth
▲ 0 ▼ 2
Thanet
▲ 2 ▼ 4
Torridge
▲ 1 ▼ 3
Tunbridge Wells
▲ 1 ▼ 3
Walsall
▲ 4 ▼ 6
Waltham Forest
▲ 1 ▼ 3
Watford
▲ 2 ▼ 4
Solihull
▲ 1 ▼ 4
Sutton
▲ 3 ▼ 6
Tandridge
▲ 2 ▼ 5
Trafford
▲ 1 ▼ 4
Warwick
▲ 1 ▼ 4
Wigan
▲ 2 ▼ 5
Portsmouth
▲ 1 ▼ 5
West Northamptonshire
▲ 4 ▼ 10

Questions

What counts as an improvement?

We compare each new CQC overall rating with the service’s previous overall rating under the same registration. Outstanding is highest, then Good, Requires improvement and Inadequate.

Why is a service marked “first rating”?

The CQC had not rated it before under its current registration – usually because it is new, or has changed provider or address.

Where does the data come from?

The Care Quality Commission’s public register. Ratings link to each provider’s page on Docorix and to the official CQC report. Contains CQC data © Care Quality Commission, used under the Open Government Licence.

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