Analysis
Why ratings are given · reasons & themes
Why ratings are given
The breakdown below shows how the five key questions drive overall ratings.
Among the 6801 locations rated Inadequate or Requires improvement, the domains most often failing are:
- Well-led97.2% (6608/6801)
- Safe92% (6258/6801)
- Effective61.7% (4197/6801)
- Responsive50.8% (3452/6801)
- Caring29.8% (2028/6801)
Safe
- Outstanding110
- Good25056
- Requires improvement5990
- Inadequate1436
- Unrated23609
- Inspected but not rated129
- No published rating8956
- Insufficient evidence to rate27
Effective
- Outstanding381
- Good27428
- Requires improvement4057
- Inadequate679
- Unrated23609
- Inspected but not rated87
- No published rating9043
- Insufficient evidence to rate29
Caring
- Outstanding1225
- Good29215
- Requires improvement1821
- Inadequate272
- Unrated23609
- Inspected but not rated86
- No published rating9060
- Insufficient evidence to rate25
Responsive
- Outstanding1430
- Good27265
- Requires improvement3364
- Inadequate475
- Unrated23609
- Inspected but not rated84
- No published rating9058
- Insufficient evidence to rate28
Well-led
- Outstanding1100
- Good22966
- Requires improvement6951
- Inadequate1568
- Unrated23609
- Inspected but not rated96
- No published rating8997
- Insufficient evidence to rate26
Recurring reasons (AI-extracted)
AI reasons extracted for 2829 of 32572 rated locations (poorly-rated prioritised).
Recurring themes
- leadership/governance2820
- safeguarding2689
- medication2577
- risk-management2340
- training2250
- care-planning2215
- staffing2039
- recruitment1917
- infection-control1199
- dignity/respect1131
- environment/premises1033
- nutrition624
Why good vs why poor
Comparing AI-read reports of 419 Good/Outstanding homes against 2410 Inadequate/Requires-improvement homes. Themes a report emphasises — concerns in poor homes, strengths in good ones.
poorly-ratedgood/outstanding
- dignity/respectpoor32%good87%
- nutritionpoor18%good43%
- infection-controlpoor39%good63%
- recruitmentpoor65%good84%
- trainingpoor77%good95%
- care-planningpoor76%good94%
- staffingpoor70%good82%
- safeguardingpoor94%good100%
- medicationpoor90%good96%
- leadership/governancepoor100%good100%
- risk-managementpoor84%good75%
- environment/premisespoor38%good28%
Most-cited concerns (poor homes)
- risk1908
- medicines1736
- assessments1333
- records1308
- systems1175
- including1113
- plans1080
- quality1078
- safety1060
- identify959
- risks946
- management910
- failed847
- lacked838
Most-cited strengths (good homes)
- strong390
- systems302
- safeguarding285
- management278
- regular271
- including268
- effective240
- centred231
- safe231
- training223
- quality216
- risk184
- leadership175
- comprehensive174
Good-home sample is smaller (many recent reports don't yield extractable text); treat as directional. Themes reflect report emphasis, not a like-for-like failure count.
Inspections by type
Locations by type
Rating distribution
Ratings by type
By region
Locations by region
- South East11898
- London8419
- North West7999
- West Midlands7378
- East7304
- South West7223
- East Midlands6300
- Yorkshire & Humberside5932
- North East2825
- Unknown29
- Wales6
Top local authorities
Top 15 local authorities
- Kent2074
- Hampshire1832
- Essex1714
- Surrey1608
- Lancashire1480
- Birmingham1391
- West Sussex1192
- Hertfordshire1175
- Norfolk1163
- Devon1090
- Staffordshire1009
- Nottinghamshire987
- Suffolk889
- East Sussex886
- Derbyshire875