Appendix: Ratings charts

Published: 21 October 2022 Page last updated: 20 October 2023

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Figure A1: Adult social care, overall ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: The 2022 ratings also included 12 ‘insufficient evidence to rate’ overall ratings, which represented 0.05% of the total ratings (including ‘insufficient evidence to rate’).

Figure A2: Adult social care, key question ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: At key question level, ‘insufficient evidence to rate’ ratings represented the following proportions of the total (including ‘insufficient evidence to rate’): 0.03% for safe, effective, caring and well-led, and 0.04% for responsive. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Figure A3: Adult social care, overall ratings by service type, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: The 2022 ratings also included 1 insufficient evidence to rate’ overall ratings for nursing home, 3 for residential homes and 8 for DCAs which represented 0.02%, 0.03% and 0.09% of the total ratings (including insufficient evidence to rate’) respectively. Numbers in brackets denotes the number of rated locations. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding

Figure A4: GP practices, overall ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: The 2022 ratings also included 1 ‘insufficient evidence to rate’ overall rating, which represented 0.02% of the total ratings (including ‘insufficient evidence to rate’). Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Figure A5: GP practices, key question ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Notes: At key question level, ‘insufficient evidence to rate’ ratings represented the following proportions of the total (including ‘insufficient evidence to rate’): 0.02% for safe, 0.03% for caring, effective and responsive. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Figure A6: Other primary medical services, overall ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CCQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Notes: No locations had ‘Insufficient evidence to rate’. Numbers in brackets denotes the number of rated locations.

Figure A7: All NHS and independent mental health core services, overall ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: The 2022 ratings also included 2 ‘insufficient evidence to rate’ overall ratings, which represented 0.2% of the total ratings (including ‘insufficient evidence to rate). Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Figure A8: All NHS and independent mental health core services, key question ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: At key question level, ‘insufficient evidence to rate’ ratings represented the following proportions of the total (including ‘insufficient evidence to rate’): 0.3% for safe, effective and caring, 0.5% for well-led and 0.7% responsive. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Figure A9: NHS and independent mental health core services, overall ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: The 2022 ratings also included 2 ‘insufficient evidence to rate’ overall ratings, which (including ‘insufficient evidence to rate’) represented the following proportions of the total core service ratings: 1% for ‘acute wards for adults of working age and psychiatric intensive care units’ and 2% for ‘community mental health services for people with a learning disability or autism’. Numbers in brackets denotes the number of rated locations. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Figure A10: NHS acute core services, overall ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: The 2022 ratings also included 4 ‘insufficient evidence to rate’ overall ratings, which represented 0.2% of the total ratings (including ‘insufficient evidence to rate’). Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Figure A11: NHS acute core services, key question ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: At key question level, ‘insufficient evidence to rate’ ratings represented the following proportions of the total (including ‘insufficient evidence to rate’): 0.2% for safe, responsive and well-led, 0.4% for caring and 10.1% for effective. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Figure A12: NHS acute core services, overall ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: The 2022 ratings also included 4 ‘insufficient evidence to rate’ overall ratings, which (including ‘insufficient evidence to rate’) represented the following proportions of the total core service ratings: 0.5% for ‘end-of -life care’ and ‘urgent and emergency services’, 1% for ‘outpatients and diagnostic imaging’ and 2% for ‘maternity and gynaecology’. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Maternity ratings include the latest rating for the maternity, maternity (inpatient services) or maternity (community services) core service.

Figure A13: Independent health acute (non specialist) core services, overall ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: The 2022 ratings also included 12 ‘insufficient evidence to rate’ overall ratings, which represented 2% of the total ratings (including ‘insufficient evidence to rate. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Figure A14: Independent health acute (non specialist) core services, key question ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: At key question level, ‘insufficient evidence to rate’ ratings represented the following proportions of the total (including ‘insufficient evidence to rate’): 1% for safe and well-led, 2% for responsive, 6% for caring and 21% for effective. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Figure A15: Independent health acute hospital (non specialist), core service ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: The 2022 ratings also included 12 ‘insufficient evidence to rate’ overall ratings, which (including ‘insufficient evidence to rate’) represented the following proportions of the total core service ratings: 5% for ‘critical care’ and ‘medical care (including older people’s care)’, 8% for ‘services for children and young people’, and 0.3% for ‘surgery’. Numbers in brackets denotes the number of rated locations. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Figure A16: NHS ambulance trusts, overall ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: No locations had ‘Insufficient evidence to rate’

Figure A17: NHS ambulance trusts, key question ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: No locations had ‘Insufficient evidence to rate’.

Figure A18: Independent ambulance locations, overall ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: The 2022 ratings also included 1 ‘insufficient evidence to rate’ overall ratings, which represented 1% of the total ratings (including ‘insufficient evidence to rate’). Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Figure A19: Independent ambulance locations, key question ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: At key question level, ‘insufficient evidence to rate’ ratings represented the following proportions of the total (including ‘insufficient evidence to rate’): 1% for safe and well-led, 2% for responsive, 3% for effective, and 40% for caring. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Figure A20: Community health core services in all settings, overall ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: The 2021 ratings also included 6 ‘insufficient evidence to rate’ overall ratings, which represented 0.2% of the total ratings (including ‘insufficient evidence to rate’). Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Figure A21: Community health core services in all settings, key question ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: At key question level, ‘insufficient evidence to rate’ ratings represented the following proportions of the total (including ‘insufficient evidence to rate’): 0.2% for safe, responsive and well-led, and 0.4% for effective and caring. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Figure A22: Community health core services, overall ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: The 2022 ratings also included 1 ‘insufficient evidence to rate’ overall ratings, which (including ‘insufficient evidence to rate’) represented the following proportions of the total core service ratings: 1% for ‘community health inpatient services’. Numbers in brackets denotes the number of rated locations. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Figure A23: Hospices, overall ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: No locations had ‘Insufficient evidence to rate’. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Figure A24: Hospices, key question ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: No locations had ‘Insufficient evidence to rate’ Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Figure A25: Substance misuse services, overall ratings, 2021 and 2022

Figure A26: Substance misuse services, key question ratings, 2021 and 2022

Source: CQC ratings data, 31 July 2021 and 31 July 2022

Note: No locations had ‘Insufficient evidence to rate’. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.