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The Gera Care Home Ratings Index
One number for how good England’s care homes are. The Gera Care Home Ratings Index is a 0–100 score built only from the real CQC “Care directory with ratings” open data, where 100 would mean every care home is rated Outstanding. For 1 June 2026 it stands at 62.1 / 100 for England — 82.7% of 13,628 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding.
How good are care homes in England?
As of 1 June 2026, the Gera Care Home Ratings Index stands at 62.1 / 100 for England: 82.7% of the 13,628 CQC-rated care homes are rated Good or Outstanding, 2,233 Requires improvement and 121 Inadequate. The index is computed only from the real CQC Care directory with ratings.
The index weights each home’s official CQC overall rating (Outstanding 4, Good 3, Requires improvement 2, Inadequate 1) and rescales the weighted mean onto 0–100. Every input is the real published CQC count; only the weighting and rescaling are Gera’s, and both are set out in full in the methodology. Gera is not the CQC and does not inspect or rate care homes.
Index (England)
62.1 / 100
around the England average
Good or Outstanding
82.7%
11,274 homes
Requires improvement
2,233
16.4%
Inadequate
121
0.9%
Care home ratings by region
The Gera Care Home Ratings Index for each of the 9 CQC regions, highest-rated first, with the full CQC rating distribution behind each score. In 1 June 2026, North East has the highest-rated care homes at 65.6 / 100 (91.4% Good or Outstanding) and West Midlands the lowest at 59.7 / 100 (77.1% Good or Outstanding).
| Region | Ratings Index | Good+ | Outstanding | Good | Requires imp. | Inadequate | Homes rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. North East | 65.6 / 100 | 91.4% | 39 | 597 | 58 | 2 | 696 |
| 2. South West | 64.8 / 100 | 89.2% | 97 | 1,468 | 183 | 7 | 1,755 |
| 3. London | 64 / 100 | 89.7% | 31 | 1,038 | 120 | 3 | 1,192 |
| 4. East Midlands | 62 / 100 | 80.2% | 84 | 987 | 258 | 7 | 1,336 |
| 5. South East | 61.9 / 100 | 82.2% | 115 | 2,013 | 435 | 26 | 2,589 |
| 6. Yorkshire and The Humber | 61.5 / 100 | 80.9% | 64 | 1,023 | 240 | 16 | 1,343 |
| 7. East of England | 61 / 100 | 79.2% | 79 | 1,088 | 282 | 24 | 1,473 |
| 8. North West | 60.7 / 100 | 80.0% | 60 | 1,319 | 320 | 25 | 1,724 |
| 9. West Midlands | 59.7 / 100 | 77.1% | 41 | 1,131 | 337 | 11 | 1,520 |
Where the most care homes need improvement
The same 9 regions ranked by the share of care homes rated below Good (Requires improvement plus Inadequate) — the cut most often quoted on care quality. West Midlands has the highest share at 22.9%, against 17.3% nationally.
| Region | Below Good | Requires imp. | Inadequate | Ratings Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. West Midlands | 22.9% | 22.2% | 0.7% | 59.7 / 100 |
| 2. East of England | 20.8% | 19.1% | 1.6% | 61 / 100 |
| 3. North West | 20.0% | 18.6% | 1.5% | 60.7 / 100 |
| 4. East Midlands | 19.8% | 19.3% | 0.5% | 62 / 100 |
| 5. Yorkshire and The Humber | 19.1% | 17.9% | 1.2% | 61.5 / 100 |
| 6. South East | 17.8% | 16.8% | 1.0% | 61.9 / 100 |
| 7. South West | 10.8% | 10.4% | 0.4% | 64.8 / 100 |
| 8. London | 10.3% | 10.1% | 0.3% | 64 / 100 |
| 9. North East | 8.6% | 8.3% | 0.3% | 65.6 / 100 |
Outstanding-rated care homes (verifiable examples)
A sample of care homes carrying the CQC’s top Outstanding overall rating in the current directory. Each links to its own CQC location page so you can check the rating at source — Gera reports the CQC’s rating, it does not award it.
| Care home | Local authority | Region | CQC rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade (Hurst House) | Norfolk | East of England | Outstanding |
| Woodways | Barnsley | Yorkshire and The Humber | Outstanding |
| Conifer Lodge | Cambridgeshire | East of England | Outstanding |
| Maple Cottage | Surrey | South East | Outstanding |
| Bethany Care Service | Hampshire | South East | Outstanding |
| Ranworth House | East Sussex | South East | Outstanding |
| Tottle Brook House | Nottingham | East Midlands | Outstanding |
| Harbour Rise Rest Home | Torbay | South West | Outstanding |
| Eagle House Residential Care Home | Lincolnshire | East Midlands | Outstanding |
| Coombe House Residential Home | Cornwall | South West | Outstanding |
| Beech Hall | Leeds | Yorkshire and The Humber | Outstanding |
| Church View | Liverpool | North West | Outstanding |
These are illustrative examples pulled from the CQC directory, not a Gera ranking of the “best” homes. Ratings change on the CQC’s inspection cycle — confirm the current rating on the CQC website.
Gera Care Home Ratings Index: FAQs
- What is the Gera Care Home Ratings Index?
- The Gera Care Home Ratings Index is a single 0–100 score summarising the quality of CQC-rated care homes in England. It is computed only from the Care Quality Commission's real "Care directory with ratings" open data (snapshot 1 June 2026): each home's official CQC overall rating is weighted (Outstanding 4, Good 3, Requires improvement 2, Inadequate 1) and the weighted mean is rescaled onto 0–100. For 1 June 2026 England scores 62.1 out of 100 across 13,628 rated care homes.
- What share of care homes are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 82.7% of the 13,628 CQC-rated care homes in England are rated Good or Outstanding (610 Outstanding, 10,664 Good). 2,233 are rated Requires improvement and 121 Inadequate. Source: CQC Care directory with ratings, 1 June 2026.
- Which region has the best- and worst-rated care homes?
- On the Gera Care Home Ratings Index for 1 June 2026, North East has the highest-rated care homes (65.6/100, 91.4% Good or Outstanding) and West Midlands the lowest (59.7/100, 77.1% Good or Outstanding). All figures are CQC's own ratings, aggregated by Gera.
- Is the Gera Care Home Ratings Index the same as a CQC rating?
- No. CQC publishes a categorical rating per home (Outstanding / Good / Requires improvement / Inadequate) and does not publish any 0–100 or 0–5 score. The index is a Gera-computed summary of those real CQC ratings, defined in full on the methodology page. Gera is not the CQC and does not rate or inspect care homes; it aggregates the CQC's published data.
- How current is the data?
- The index uses the CQC "Care directory with ratings — Latest ratings" snapshot dated 1 June 2026. Gera recomputes the index each time the CQC publishes an updated directory. Individual homes are re-rated by the CQC on their own inspection cycle, so always check a specific home's current rating on the CQC website before relying on it.
Registered nurses: work in UK adult social care
Care homes rated Requires improvement or Inadequate are often the ones recruiting Registered Nurses (RGN/RMN) — a role that remains sponsorable under the UK Skilled Worker route. If you are a qualified nurse planning to move to the UK, the GeraClinic pathway guides walk through NMC registration, the OSCE and English requirements. This is pathway information for nurses who independently choose to migrate; Gera does not actively recruit from countries on the WHO health-workforce safeguards list.
Related CQC data
Source
The Gera Care Home Ratings Index is computed only from the real CQC Care directory with ratings below — every figure on this page traces back to it. The index (the weighting and rescaling) is the Gera contribution and is fully specified on the methodology page; no value is invented. Contains public sector information from the Care Quality Commission, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains public sector information published by Care Quality Commission and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Care Quality Commission — Care directory with ratings (Latest ratings) (1 June 2026, published 1 June 2026).